[wellylug] 'parking' a terminal

[Ewen McNeill]

In message <003901c37357$aa691bf0$fb32be9b at SYSTEMSLAPTOP1>, "Jamie Dobbs" writes
:
>I log in to my Linux box at home in the morning and start it doing some
>downloading/compiling etc.Then go in to work, SSH in to my box at home (I
>can already do this) then call up the same terminal session that I was
>working on that morning at home to see how it is going, do further commands
>etc.

screen(1)

Should be in any Linux distribution, but might not be installed by default.

And yes, it's very very handy.  I use it all the time for long builds, etc.

Ewen