On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 17:55, Callum Lerwick wrote: > On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 17:25, Dan Drake wrote: > > Did you try "screen --help"? Looks like -R is precisely what you want: > > IIRC, the problem with this is -R refuses to reattach if something's > already attached. It refuses to do 'multidisplay'. I always leave my > desktop machine attached, so there's always at least one machine > attached at all times. I want to be able to get in remotely, so this > makes -R rather useless to me. ;P This is what `screen -x' is for: -x Attach to a not detached screen session. (Multi display mode). However, there doesn't appear to be an option to do reattach if available, and do multi-display if no screen is available, create a new one. But, this can be worked around with some shell trickery: screen -x || screen If 'screen -x' fails, screen will start a new session. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Can atheists get insurance / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ for acts of God? \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20031014/8b27fd6b/attachment.pgp