Well, screen does seem to have been designed for that sort of thing and may therefore be for that. You also do not have to remember process id's and stuff to use On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 20:26, Pierre Lamb wrote: > Well I have no problem do a "fg pid #" > --- Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > A viable option, though a lot more overhead > > (bandwidth, memory, etc) than > > using screen. However, neither screen nor VNC will > > overcome the fact that > > if you put a process in the background using &, and > > then terminate the > > shell in which that process was running, you can't > > get that process back > > into the foreground. > > > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Pierre Lamb wrote: > > > > > Why not use VNC???? > > > --- Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, javier wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > > shane c branch said: > > > > > > > > > > > > i use putty to connect to my box, and when i > > > > disconnect, it closes the > > > > > > connection. if there is a way to leave a > > process > > > > running and resume the > > > > > > connection, i'd be interested to know this > > as > > > > well. > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > can't you just use "&" to keep the process > > > > running? > > > > > > > > Sure, but you can't get the process back into > > the > > > > foreground to check its > > > > status or results. > > > > -- > > > > Mike Burger > > > > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > > > > > > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > > > > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or > > > > http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > > > > > To be notified of updates to the web site, send > > a > > > > message to: > > > > > > > > site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > with a message of: > > > > > > > > subscribe > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Shrike-list mailing list > > > > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > > design software > > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mike Burger > > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or > > http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > To be notified of updates to the web site, send a > > message to: > > > > site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > with a message of: > > > > subscribe > > > > > > -- > > Shrike-list mailing list > > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
