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bug #33627: screen should provide an option to create named-session

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Thu 23 Jun 2011 01:49:45 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Feature Request Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  * 5 - Normal Status:  Wont Fix
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  None
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Fri 24 Jun 2011 09:01:33 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Oh yes.
This reattach with the partial name works even with -r.
'screen -d -r Test' does the work of 'screen -d -r pid.Test'

I would have first posted this on screen-users alias instead.

-M


Moheed <moheed>
Thu 23 Jun 2011 06:30:05 PM UTC, comment #1: 


> considering that each time user has to reattach to
> screen, the pids has to be remembered.


That is not so. 'screen -x Test' is sufficient to reattach to the screen that shows up as '12139.Test' in screen -ls.

Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <sadrul>
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Thu 23 Jun 2011 01:49:45 PM UTC, original submission:  

screen should provide, say an option 'n'(n of Name) which should create exact named session. This helps users who use multiple screens.
There is already an option -S that names the screen sessions
with 'pid'.<Name> but that is not so useful, considering that each
time user has to reattach to screen, the pids has to be remembered.

In following example the new session created is 12139.Test which makes it less user friendly. It will be nice if it creates session
exactly with name 'Test'

[mohahmad@mohahmad-lnx ~]$ screen -dmS Test
[mohahmad@mohahmad-lnx ~]$ screen -list
There are screens on:
        12139.Test      (Detached)

For an end user, I would prefer following instead.[notice the
n option replacing the S option]
[mohahmad@mohahmad-lnx ~]$ screen -dmn Test
mohahmad@mohahmad-lnx ~]$ screen -list
There are screens on:
        Test      (pid:12139, Detached)


-M

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