Rudy, The screen program is working nicely for me. Could you explain what you mean by "I usually like to make ps1 a window ,,, because this tells me which screen console I am in."? this would be very useful. Thanks. John On Wed, 29 May 2002, A. R. Vener wrote: > >From your login shell prompt just enter the command screen. > e.g. > $ screen > > You should get a page with the authors blurb. Hit return and > you should get back to the shell prompt. > > At this point, if all goes well, screen is running and you can > create new virtual console sessions by typing ctrl-A c. That is hit > the control-A key and then hit C. The control-A key is your meta key. > > To switch between screens hit control-A 0 through control-A 9 > To toggle back and forth between two screens use conrtol-A conrtol-A. The > last two screens accessed will be the alternates. > > Look at the help screens using control-A ?. > > Screen uses the vt100 terminal type or a variant of it so your temrinal > emulator must be a VT100. > > I find it useful to define PS1 with a $WINDOW component since this > value is set by screen and tells me at the shell prompt, which screen I am > in. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703