* Christian Ebert had this to say on [18 Feb 2010, 16:20:12 +0100]: > * Sadrul Habib Chowdhury on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 10:01:09 -0500 > > * Christian Ebert had this to say on [18 Feb 2010, 13:58:03 +0100]: > >> I'm using latest git revision of screen. In one of the latest > >> changesets launching screen with e.g. "screen 4 [program]" > >> stopped to work -- still works from within screen. > >> > >> Any suspects or should I bisect? > > > > I could only reproduce this problem when the client screen (i.e. the > > screen in 'screen 4 [program]') is of a different version from the > > screen server it tries to connect to (both are 4.1.0devel, but of > > different revisions) > > Definitely not the case here. > > > Using the same revision, both the following rc works: > > > > screen 4 man man > > Once screen is running, yes. Does it work as _first_ rc command > too? Not for me. > > Sorry for being dense or unclear, but I meant starting from a > term and screen not running: > > $ echo $STY > > $ screen 4 man man > > Then I get: > > | Cannot exec '4': no such file or directory
Oh, I don't believe that's supposed to work (in current or old versions). Sadrul