Screen -d -R will detach a session if it exists and reattach here, the -R starts a new session if no current session exists. regards, Kerry. On 31/03/2013 4:58 PM, Peter wrote: > Hello, > use screen -r which resumes existing session, and run new screen if > there is not a session to resume > screen -r || screen > May be there is a better solution, im using this trick. > With best > Peter > > > > D?a 31. 3. 2013 11:47 Tony Baechler wrote / nap?sal(a): > >> Hi all, >> >> I know some of you here use the "screen" package. I'm having a slight >> annoyance and I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. First, I don't like >> tmux because it seems to use more memory and shows an annoying clock >> which seems to interfere with console output. It reads the time when >> the clock is updated and makes it hard to review what's on the screen. >> I'm sure there is a way around this, but Screen is older and more >> established, so that's what I use here. >> >> What I want to do is always have Screen start when I log into a shell. >> It doesn't need to start for subshells since I can create new windows as >> needed. If I already have a detached session, I would like it to >> reattach automatically. I added a line to /etc/bash_profile so it would >> start for all users which is what I want. The problem is that it always >> launches a new shell when I log in, so I have to log out twice. I first >> press ^D which ends the Screen session and ^D again to actually close my >> ssh connection. Is there a way that I don't have to do this? I could >> make screen my shell, but I don't know if that's a good idea. What do >> other people do? I read the man page and I don't see a way to get >> Screen to become the parent shell without launching a new shell when it >> starts. >> >> Thanks for any ideas and suggestions. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
