Re: VMS-style Virtual Terminals.

Stuart Auchterlonie (stuarta@foxln.com.au)
Fri, 30 May 1997 08:30:05 +1000 (EST)

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> Dear Linux Kernel Community,
>
> I have got a question for kernel and tty line discipline gurus.
> I have a PC that telnets to a Linux (or any other UNIX) machine and runs an
> application. It is very critical to be able to resume the session even if PC is
> rebooted or the telnet socket on the client side is closed for ANY reason.
> Usually, this would cause the session to be closed and if the process ignores
> SIGHUP then it will "hang in the air" with no means of resuming it.
> I need something that would allow (in a way portable to other UNIXes but even
> Linux-specific ideas would be VERY APPRECIATED):

What you want is screen. Runs on many many unixes.
Available from your local GNU Archive site.

Regards
Stuart Auchterlonie stuarta@foxln.com.au

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