On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 07:08:05PM +0200, Peder Stray wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, John J. Foster wrote: > > >>>Is there a way to change the socket directory to $HOME/.screen? The > >>>owners of this system have set the default to /tmp/screen, and I do > >>>not have access to change it. Is there an environmental variable to > >>>override? Is there an entry I can place in my .screenrc? > >> > >>export SCREENDIR=$HOME/.screen > >> > >>in your shell's startup... or wrap screen in a quick shell script that > >>sets the environment. > > > >I've just finished slapping myself for not RTFM'ing. Thanks Will and > >Adam. Sorry for the noise. > > why do you want to change it? i know tmpcleaners have a tendency to remove > sockets from under /tmp, but you can always get them back with > > pkill -CHLD screen Wow, learned something new today !!! I always ssh into my ISP's shell account and run mutt from a screen session.
# screen -R -D -U -S mutt mutt -y I'ts the rare day when I close mutt down intentionally. Usually I just connect and recall this previous command from history. Once I've done that, it's too late to try your command. I'm not a command line junkie, but is there a way to incorporate the 2 commands? Thanks, John -- The revolution will not be televised. _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
