[Dclug] nifty *sh aliases/function tricks

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

Ah yes, I recall that now. Start a process at work, detach, reattach 
from home. Or vice versa.

Seems like a good feature to hack into the shell.

JIM

On 7/20/2010 3:45 PM, John Holland wrote:
> On 07/20/2010 02:38 PM, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
>    
>> I would ask why you were using screen when you already have an existing
>> terminal. Some people still swear by screen, but I see no use for it in
>> a windowed environment. Terminal emulators have tabs these days.
>>
>>
>>      
> One reason I use it is that I can start a long running process in
> screen, disconnect (Ctrl-A Ctrl-D I believe) and get back to it later
> from a completely different computer. e.g. run something on my home
> machine from work or vice versa and pick up where I left off after the
> commute.
>
> It's also good if a connection is flakey, as it will preserve its state
> when disconnected (even by a network failure) and can be reconnected to
> later.
>
> ( screen -R to reconnect)
>