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Ankit Vallecha
Ankit Vallecha

Reputation: 728

How does screen command works in Linux

If a do screen in linux, and then ssh into some other machine, run a job there, detach from screen and disconnect the terminal. If i open the terminal again i can go that session and job is still running. I just want to know how internally this screen is working?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3030

Answers (2)

Snehal Rajput
Snehal Rajput

Reputation: 436

After ssh and successful login use screen -S screen_name to generate screen, then new tab will open. Run your program and you may close it. To see your program running use: screen -r screen_name.

Upvotes: 0

woockashek
woockashek

Reputation: 1638

Detach does exactly what literally means. It detaches the screen process from it's parent. It means that his parent (your ssh session) will not inform his dependent/child process about its termination.

For more info this links could be useful:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nohup

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3886/difference-between-nohup-disown-and

Upvotes: 2

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