How to use screen utility to maintain your ssh session without worrying about disconnection
Problem: How to use screen utility to maintain your ssh session without worrying about failures or network disconnection?
Solutions:
login via SSH
1 | shaukat@shaukat-desktop:~/cloud-v0.8.5$ </span>screen |
(press enter)
#it will create a screen session
# start your process work or script. and if want to disconnect without killing ssh session
press CTRL+A and then CTRL+D
# you will be detached from your screen session.
# so now you can easily logout or disconnect without killing your working processes.
Login again via ssh and enter
1 | shaukat@shaukat-desktop:~/cloud-v0.8.5$ screen -r |
(press enter)
#It will automatically resume your screen session. it is very safe to do the work in background with being worried about disconnection.
#To ee the list of screen session use command screen -ls
1 | shaukat@shaukat-desktop:~/cloud-v0.8.5$ screen -ls |
There is a screen on:
4312.pts-0.shaukat-desktop (12/25/2013 05:51:17 PM) (Detached)
1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-shaukat.
1 | shaukat@shaukat-desktop:~/cloud-v0.8.5$ screen -r |
# It will automatically attach your detacched session
# If you have multiple screen session you can selectively join one of them by
# if for example there are two
123.pts-1
456.pts-2
1 | shaukat@shaukat-desktop:~/cloud-v0.8.5$ screen -dr pts-2 |
That’s it. Enjoy.
