Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:43:12 -0500 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Dan Sikorsky <dan@cupid.com> Subject: Re: Using Screen Message-ID: <200611291243.13342.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <20061129173542.GA3787@kobe.laptop> References: <456DC1C9.3070007@cupid.com> <20061129173542.GA3787@kobe.laptop>
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On Wednesday 29 November 2006 12:35, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-11-29 12:22, Dan Sikorsky <dan@cupid.com> wrote: > > Hey, I have a good question for you guys. > > > > Lets say, I started a job on a computer, if you must know, portmanager > > -u , and then left... but I know its sitting there stuck on a config > > window waiting for someone to press enter... I do not have screen > > installed on this machine... > > > > my question is, can I ssh in, install screen (or not i suppose it > > wouldnt matter) and bring that process to either screen, or my ssh > > terminal? > > In general, "no". > > You can _try_ using watch(8), from a superuser session, but I am not > sure if it will catch whatever has already been displayed on the side > of the watched terminal... The watch utility will only display writes that happen after it was started. See also vidcontrol(1), in particular the -p and -P options. You can get a "screen shot" of a virtual terminal that way. JN
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