Re: Change socket directory

[Peder Stray]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, John J. Foster wrote:

> > > > > Is there a way to change the socket directory to $HOME/.screen? The 
> > > > > owners of this system have set the default to /tmp/screen, and I do 
> > > > > not have access to change it. Is there an environmental variable to 
> > > > > override? Is there an entry I can place in my .screenrc?
> > > >
> > > > export SCREENDIR=$HOME/.screen
> > > >
> > > > in your shell's startup... or wrap screen in a quick shell script 
> > > > that sets the environment.
> > >
> > > I've just finished slapping myself for not RTFM'ing. Thanks Will and 
> > > Adam. Sorry for the noise.
> >
> > why do you want to change it? i know tmpcleaners have a tendency to 
> > remove sockets from under /tmp, but you can always get them back with
> >
> >         pkill -CHLD screen
>
> Wow, learned something new today !!! I always ssh into my ISP's shell 
> account and run mutt from a screen session.
>
> # screen -R -D -U -S mutt mutt -y
>
> I'ts the rare day when I close mutt down intentionally. Usually I just 
> connect and recall this previous command from history. Once I've done 
> that, it's too late to try your command. I'm not a command line junkie, 
> but is there a way to incorporate the 2 commands?

separating them with ; works fine:

        pkill -CHLD screen; screen -DRUS mutt mutt -y

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