On Thu, Jul 08 at 04:15PM +0200, Dennis Stosberg wrote: > Sure, this is not a solution this time. But maybe it is a solution > for the next time: > > $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Welcome to remotehost > $ screen > $ long_task > > When you press C-a C-d now, you detach yourself from your screen > session, which means that long_task will continue to run using a > virtual terminal simulated by screen. > > Log out, go for lunch. > > When you return, you can rejoin your previously opened screen > session: > > $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Welcome to remotehost > $ screen -x > > And zap! You are exactly where you came from before you detached > from your old session. And this is just a little bit of what screen > can do for you. I found it to be very useful and quite addictive.
screen's architect recommends screen -D -R to reattach to existing sessions (or spawn a new session if there's none to reattach to), whereas screen -x will JOIN an active session -- that is, you can have several keyboards/monitors looking at the exact same session; input and output are available to all participants (which is great for narrated support sessions, and can be misused to give close friends a severe but entertaining case of apoplexy :). screen is ____ __ _____ _________ ____ ___ ___ / __ `/ | /| / / _ \/ ___/ __ \/ __ `__ \/ _ \ / /_/ /| |/ |/ / __(__ ) /_/ / / / / / / __/ \__,_/ |__/|__/\___/____/\____/_/ /_/ /_/\___/ -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #117 from Adam Scriven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Here's how you THAW MESSAGES FROZEN VIA EXIM: Just cd to the /var/spool/exim/msglog directory, and run # exim -Mt * That should thaw any message that's pending. For more dire action, you can try # exim -Mrm <message-id-here> to actually obliterate a troublesome message. See exim.org (or /usr/share/doc/exim/manual.html/*) for more details. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]