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'screen' is absolutely crucial with ssh, too.

• jlgreco 13y ago
  I find tmux to be a bit more pleasant to work with. In the past it didn't do reflowing upon resize, but it does that now.
  • prodigal_erik 13y ago
    I lean towards nohup time whatever >whatever.out & because so many programs behave differently when attached to a tty (like prompting for input) and I just want a plain text log that says when it succeeded or where it blew up.
    • jlgreco 13y ago
      Well that is fine, but that is only covering a very small sliver of what screen/tmux are used for.
      • mturmon 13y ago
        Agreed, and my problem with even the usage above is that I often realize too late that "whatever" is not going to finish before I need to unplug. Then I have to kill "whatever" and restart with nohup and logging. tmux/screen always has me covered.
        • jlgreco 13y ago
          Obviously I think tmux/screen is the better option, but bash's builtin 'disown' may have you covered for that specific usecase.
          • mturmon 13y ago
            Thanks for the tip, I didn't know about "disown".