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<tonywoodtw@???> 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.
>>>>
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