Now I've found -RR which is a lot closer to what I need. That may be enough. Thanks and sorry for the noise.
AK On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Adam Kellas <adam.kel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a really simple use case for screen. I like to use PuTTY from > my Windows laptop to Linux because PuTTY is a very nice terminal > emulator. The only problem I have with this is that when the network > connection drops, as in when I move around with the laptop, the PuTTY > session disconnects and all my state is lost. This of course is where > screen comes in; I recently discovered it and it seems very likely to > solve my problem. > > When I tell putty to use "screen -x -R" as the remote command it works > great for one terminal window; I can reconnect to the screen session > after disconnects. But my normal usage mode is to have a number of > putty windows open for work in different branches or on different > bugs, and with the above setting when I make a second putty session it > connects to the same screen window. > > Bottom line, it's a very simpleminded use case; I want screen to do > nothing except preserve my sessions across disconnect. I.e. if I open > 3 putty sessions I want 3 different shell prompts in 3 screen windows. > If I then reboot the laptop I want my first 3 putty sessions to > reconnect to those existing windows (not necessarily in any order). So > each putty session should attach to an existing-but-unconnected screen > window if available and create one if not. I have no need for any > advanced usage like switching screen windows within a putty session. > > Can anyone tell me the combination of flags to make this work? > > Thanks, and sorry if my terminology is not up to par. > > AK > _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
