На Friday 03 August 2007 00:02:51 Tim Judd написа:
> Forgot to CC the questions ML.
>
> --- Tim Judd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From Tim Judd Thu Aug  2 15:01:18 2007
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> > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:01:18 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Tim Judd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: attaching a terminal to 'join' another?
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> > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:19:21 -0400
> > From: "Jim Stapleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: attaching a terminal to 'join' another?
> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
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> > Sorry if my question is a bit confusing - I'm not even sure the
> > proper
> > terminology, so I don't know what the best way to start looking is.
> >
> > I'm rebuilding a system at home, and I'd like to check how the build
> > is going at a slow time at work sometimes. I can connect to the
> > system
> > from work (ssh into my main box, and then from there, ssh to the
> > system I'm working on). I have a terminal opened on that system
> > (actually, another ssh session fron the main box), and I'd like to
> > have my new connection attach to that terminal session, if possible,
> > so that I can just pick up where I left off, and monitor it from
> > here.
> > Is this possible?
> >
> > Sessions
> > main desktop terminal A [ssh]--> workstation terminal A (where builds
> > are currently being processed)
> >
> > work desktop terminal [ssh]--> main destop terminal B [ssh]-->
> > workstation terminal B
> >
> >
> > I would like to have workstation terminal B intercept workstation
> > terminal A, or main desktop terminal B intercept main desktop
> > terminal
> > A. Can it be done? Where do I start looking, what are the words and
> > phrases of interest? I tried looking at both the bash and xterm
> > commands/man page, but they are rather long, and I'd miss what I was
> > looking for without having a clue in advance.
> >
> > I'm guessing something like /dev/?tty?? might work, but how do I
> > figure out which tty to use?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > -Jim Stapleton
> > --------------/QUOTE
> >
> > Can't the OP, Jim, use watch(8) with the -W option to interact w/ the
> > terminal?
> >
> > Nothing wrong with screen, but a built-in utility exists.

It`s possible, but he`d better use screen for updating/upgrading, since his 
ssh session that initiated the process may die and then the process dies. 
With screen the process will continue if his ssh session dies and he would be 
able to later reattach to the terminal in question.

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