Michael Kahle wrote: > a terminal in X. As it was running I could see in the terminal window all > the status output from the program. Good. This backup job took a long time > to complete and so I went home while the backup was still running. When at > home I ssh'd into the box to see if the dump process was still running, it > was. Then I got to thinking, how can I see the output of this program in my > current ssh session? Is there a program that exists to allow me to redirect > the output of a program running in a terminal to another terminal? I hope I > am explaining this clearly.
With some forethought. But not if you just ran it cold.
1. You can redirect the output to a file. Then look at the output of
the file remotely.
command 2>&1 | tee logfile
Then on the remote computer just look at the log file.
tail -f logfile
or
less logfile
2. You can use the 'screen' program to run your command. Screen is a
really nice utility that allows you to run a command one place,
then pick it up again someplace else. Here is a simple example.
screen
...then run commands...
On your remote login grab this screen window and see what is
happening.
screen -d -r
...then see your commands from before...
apt-get install screen
3. Use VNC which is a fully graphical version of the above. Which is
really describing it too simply but good for now.
apt-get install xvncviewer vncserver
You will need to read the manuals to really know how to use the
above. But perhaps those pointers will be useful.
Bob
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