> Screen acts as its own virtual terminal. You start screen from any > terminal and it leaves you at a terminal prompt. Now you can > do whatever > you want (i.e. start your backup). From another terminal (ssh'd in or > otherwise) you can cause that screen virtual terminal to be > displayed on > your new terminal and not the original one. The screen > manpage describes > all the keystrokes and options required for this.
Oh! I see how this works now! Slick. Sorry to Sean Finney, I see now what he was trying to explain. Man this is great. Thanks so much!!! Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]