Re: Detaching remote screen session while in local screen session?

[Ray Van Dolson]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:17:38PM +0200, Martijn Ras wrote:
>  Hello,
> 
>  I've been through all documentation i could find on screen but have unable 
>  to figure out how to detach a remote screen session while in local screen 
>  session?
> 
>  Say i execute the following commands:
> 
>  1) xterm
>  2) screen (<- Let's call this one: A)
>  3) ssh address@hidden
>  4) screen (<- Let's call this one: B)
>  5) ...
> 
>  Now i want to detach the screen called 'B', so i can later return to see the 
>  output and results of the command in step 5, or even close the ssh 
>  connection until then. As is found out the hard way, simply pressing C-a C-d 
>  detached the screen called 'A', just closing the xterm creates a mess that 
>  is even worse ...
> 
>  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 

Could you just run 'screen -d' from 'B' ?  Or from a second SSH session
opened up to the machine where 'B' runs?

Ray