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From: navarra@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Navarra)
Subject: Re: DISCONNECT command for the UNIX system
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.110919.27110@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Organization: Northwestern University
References: <1287@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <19490:Apr403:44:1791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1991 11:09:19 GMT
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In article <19490:Apr403:44:1791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>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

       USE SCREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND RTFM 

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