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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: DISCONNECT command for the UNIX system
Message-ID: <19490:Apr403:44:1791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 4 Apr 91 03:44:17 GMT
References: <1287@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
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In article <1287@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> andrew@cs.arizona.edu (Andrei V. Zaitsev) writes:
> Some computer systems (like VMS or VM/CMS) have the DISCONNECT
> command. This command sometimes more convinient then LOGOFF,
> bacause it saves all the terminal and environment characteristics
> and you can re-login really quickly.

If you're using a BSD system, my pty program will give you exactly this
sort of session management, with disconnect and reconnect commands and a
few extra features that won't get in your way. You can anonymous ftp pty
from pub/hier/pty/* on stealth.acf.nyu.edu.

---Dan