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Date:      Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:20:11 -0500
From:      Ken Stevenson <ken@transpack.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Grzegorz Danecki <g.danecki@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: "screen" alternative
Message-ID:  <200601261620.11964.ken@transpack.com>
In-Reply-To: <41b95770601261225m2a575b19o@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <41b95770601261225m2a575b19o@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thursday 26 January 2006 03:25 pm, Grzegorz Danecki wrote:
> Hi List!
>
> I'm running 5.4 Stable and I'm looking for something, that can let me
> detach my session leaving my software running. First thought - "screen",
> but hey, there is no screen package in ports collection :( Google says
> something that it was removed due to high cpu utilization few releases ago.
> Is this true? Are there any alternatives? Because as I can remember screen
> was frequently used and highly appreciated application.

If you're running a utility from a shell prompt, look at:

man nohup

If you want a detached remote X session look at /usr/ports/net/tightvnc



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