Re: how to start screen from .bashrc

[Henry Nelson]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 06:44:26PM +0200, Peder Stray wrote:
> Remember that screen adds $STY to your environment, so you can test for 
> it:
> 
> if [ -z "$STY" ]; then
>     exec screen -dR
> fi
> 
> which would exec screen, attach to an already running or start a new 
> screen if you aren't already in one.  No problem there...

Fantastic!  I've been looking for such a test.

You wouldn't by chance have a translation for that into "csh",
would you?  Also, with "csh", am I right to assume the test
would go in ".login"?

TIA

> ... But for a host you ssh into, it would be ok.

Almost always my case.

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