UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Try to understand my question first and then you may reply if you have answer to that otherwise leave it for others to respond

obviously this is understood scp is used to transfer files; using screen means that command to use scp using screen in virtual terminal which I believe a unix administrator should have definitely understood.


Additionally,you spared enough time to write 10 lines of questions.Had you tried understanding the question you would not have wasted this much time


Best regards,
Vishal

Look at this example for instance :

You connect to server A with putty from your laptop L with intention to use scp to copy a file from Server A to Server B.

When connected to Server A, you initiate the scp command to Server B and it starts copying.

During the copying your laptop L experiences network problems and putty session disconnects from the server A effectively ending scp operation uncompleted.

This is where you can use screen (but also other various other tools) before scp-ing.
Connect with putty, run screen, start scp and detach the screen session.
Now you can close putty or experience problems with your laptop L while the screen session in active on Server A.

List the sessions with screen -ls
Attach the session with screen -dr <session from list>

Check out the manual for more advanced options like session logging and naming.

Hope that clears things out.
Regards
Peasant.

Failing that, use cat file on one screen, then open a new file with the editor of your choice on a separate screen and type it in. Make sure you save it.


Okay, perhaps a bit flippant, but what you seem to want (based on thanking Peasant) is job control. The scp is irrelevant in fixing your problem, it's just the actual task.

Maybe you should have read the manual pages for screen first and asked a sensible, concise question that stripped out the unnecessary reference to scp You just confused everyone. Always try to get the smallest illustration of the problem you can and it stops everyone wasting their time, oh and perhaps you could have answered the questions posed too, rather than just bleat on.



Regards,
Robin

Closing the thread - the Op will not be able to answer anymore in this forum.