Re: Detaching and reattaching a process to different terminals?
One thing that might be possible is to attach gdb (GNU debugger) to it
and then cause a segfault, then in the tty start the process off from
where it was. I don't know whether that's possible though.
The more long term solution is to use screen for processes like that.
apt-cache show screen
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:00:46 -0400, Stephen Touset <stephen@touset.org> wrote:
> I'm running a program for a research study I'm involved in, but I've run
> into a slight problem. I executed it on an xterm (and it's been running
> for a few days now, so I don't want to stop it mid-calculation), but
> today is a workday. At work, I use two screens on my laptop. The only
> way to accomplish this is to restart X so Xinerama can take effect.
> Unfortunately, this will also have the nasty side effect of killing
> execution.
>
> Is there any way to detach the pid from that terminal and reattach it to
> one of the consoles? Or background it in a way where it will survive X
> restarting? It's not critical, but it's something I've wondered before,
> and which will come in extremely handy today.
>
> --
> Stephen Touset <stephen@touset.org>
>
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