One of the great things about screen is you can set it up as the remote command for when you SSH into a box, so you always continue where you left off (very useful if you're connecting from your phone or from anywhere over a 3G/EDGE/GPRS/packet radio/... network). Also you can set up a configuration so that certain screen numbers run certain commands straight away. I've even used screen to run server software I'm developing before it's ready to properly daemonize - better than having to tail a log file - you can use terminal control characters (is that what they're called?) to better output what's going on without giving you information overload.
I highly recommend that you do not "sudo su" or "su" from inside screen and then disconnect... quite a security issue... On 24 Aug 2011, at 19:39, Tony Wood wrote: > :-D > Tony Wood > (from Linux Netbook) > > On 24/08/11 16:06, Freaky Clown wrote: >> apparently some people use a "mouse" to click stuff... it will never catch >> on! >> >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Tony Wood<tonywoo...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >>> OK, I'll buy it: what's>clickety< all about please? >>> >>> Tony Wood >>> (from Linux Netbook) >>> >>> On 24/08/11 15:02, Vic wrote: >>>>> One of the great (and sometimes surprising >>>>> and sometimes even annoying) things about this technology is it keeps on >>>>> coming up with new tool and ways to do stuff. >>>> I'm usually caught out mid-way through a rant about how $tool would be >>>> excellent if only it did $thing. >>>> >>>> "What, like this>clickety<", someone will say... >>>> >>>> Vic. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk >>>> Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire >>>> LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>> -- >>> Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk >>> Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire >>> LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk >>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> -- >> Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk >> Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire >> LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
