BASH and screen

junkee · 02-03-2004, 08:38 AM

I want to start a proccess in new screen
and then detach it automaticly.

Example:
screen vim demo.txt
(but i want it to automaticly detached).

Is there any other way than Ctrl&A D or screen -D ??

Bebo · 02-03-2004, 10:06 AM

Will the ampersand (&) help you? For instance, if I want to start an xterm, but still keep the one I'm writing in, I do

Code:

xterm &

at the prompt.

Sm0k3 · 02-03-2004, 01:20 PM

just type:

Code:

screen vim demo.txt &

if you have an app like quake 2 that runs in the background and spews output, then just exit/logout and open a new one (if u are running xterm).

hope that helps

P.S. you could also

Code:

screen -dm vim demo.txt