Hi,

Say i have a process i want to run in the background on a remote machine. I ssh into the server. I open screen. I run the program and then i detach from screen using Ctrl a + d. I use screen -x to log into it again, and check the status of the process.

This process is a piece of software i have written, and it outputs (echos) certain output. What is the implication of this on the system. I have a script outputting some text inside screen all the time. Will this sort of thing fill up buffers and cause trouble, or is it safe to run it like this echoing out, and when i want to see the output i just do screen -x.

Thanks for any help/suggestions

I'm not sure what screen's default buffer size is, but I
can assure you it's not inifinite. And if you're worried
about it you could explicitly tell it how many lines to
maintain in the buffer, e.g. screen -h 100


Cheers,
Tink

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. So what will happen if i do not specify a buffer size? It should not cause the process to stop running am i right? The buffer will just keep the default amount in it, but it won't cause any problem with the process and system itself, it will just throw away all the old buffer output, or am i missing the point here?

Yep. No risk.


Cheers,
Tink