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According to the docs for the Unix "screen" command, you can configure it in .screenrc to start with a bunch of default screens, each running a command that you specify.
Here's my cofig:
# Default screens screen -t "shell_0" 1 screen -t "autotest" 2 cd ~/project/contactdb ; autotest It will not run the autotest command. That window where I'm trying to run autotest just closes instantly when I start screen.
I also tried it with just...
screen -t "autotest" 2 cd ~/project/contactdb Same result.
I also tried...
screen -t "autotest" 2 ls Same result there too.
What's the secret to getting it to run a command in a given screen on startup?
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Begin by logging in to the server and starting the screen session via the command line. Next, type Ctrl-a to enter the command mode.
screen command in Linux provides the ability to launch and use multiple shell sessions from a single ssh session. When a process is started with 'screen', the process can be detached from session & then can reattach the session at a later time.
Your program is being run (well, except the cd), it's just that it's being run without a parent shell, so as soon as it completes, it exits and you're done.
You could do:
screen -t "autotest" 2 bash -c 'cd ~/project/contactdb ; autotest' Spawns two shells, but life will probably go on.
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Try this:
$ screen -S 'tailf messages' -d -m tailf /var/log/messages Then later you can do:
$ screen -ls 1234.tailf messages Followed by:
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