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Date:      26 Jan 2006 16:21:09 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Grzegorz Danecki <g.danecki@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "screen" alternative
Message-ID:  <44psmey9bu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <41b95770601261225m2a575b19o@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <41b95770601261225m2a575b19o@mail.gmail.com>

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Grzegorz Danecki <g.danecki@gmail.com> writes:

> 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?

# grep PACKAGE /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/*
/usr/ports/sysutils/screen/Makefile:NO_PACKAGE= Tends to loop using 100% CPU when used from package - perhaps it hard-codes information about the build host
#

> Are there any alternatives? Because as I can remember screen was frequently
> used and highly appreciated application.

No alternatives, but screen is *still* a frequently used application.

> Or should I rather look for some sources instead of package? Any problems
> with that?

# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/screen; make install clean




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