


screenrc file in your home directory you can also set many of the options for screen. Screen -s Qlogic /dev/tty.KeySerial1 9600īy creating a. To initiate a screen called simply Qlogic, using the above Qlogic rate: To provide an easy-to-remember name, use the -s option. To attach to an attached screen session, use -x: It can be useful to have more friendly names when working with multiple screen sessions. Or if you only have one active screen that has been detached, -R will automatically reconnect to it. To attach to a detached screen, use the -r option: To do so, use the -d flag when invoking the screen (or -D if you don’t want to fork the process. When you list the screens you’ll note that some can be detached. The output will show screens similar to the following: To open a screen session into a Promise RAID: Screen is one of the more useful tools when dealing with several servers concurrently, or several VT sessions as the case may be.

The screen command will open a virtual terminal and provide the functionality of an old DEC VT100 terminal.
#MAC TERMINAL EMULATOR USB SERIAL SERIAL#
GoSerial makes a Keyspan serial to usb adaptor, connected with a null modem cable, useful.
#MAC TERMINAL EMULATOR USB SERIAL WINDOWS#
Those who find you need to console into devices but hate the fact that you have to either use Zterm (which is no longer maintained) or boot a Windows Virtual Machine will find an application called goSerial pretty handy. Many of us use a Keyspan Serial adapter to manage devices with serial ports on them.
