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[Brian K. White]

On 8/30/2011 8:40 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote:

> Once you're not on serial, so it's possible to have multiple independent
> sessions coming from one PC, what is the advantage of working in screen? I
> seriously want to know.

Critical/dangerous and/or merely long-running jobs that you can't afford 
to risk disconnecting.

Or any job even if it's not critical, that you want to start, and 
disconnect from but leave running, and reconnect to later.

Start a job in the office, disconnect from it, go home, reconnect to it.

Start a job that absolutely must not be interrupted, in screen, and it's 
OK if your net connection farts, your pc crashes, etc. No problem, the 
app never gets a hangup. Nohup or trap are not always as desirable as 
simply having a disconnectable/reconnectable session. Note I keep saying 
disconnect/reconnect, not suspend/resume or even background/foreground.

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bkw