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Cygwin Xserver - Run Applications on host forever?

  • 22-02-2009 11:26am
    #1
    slemons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 532 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys,
    I use a win xp laptop (with cygwin,xserver,openssh) to connect to a linux red hat machine.

    Everything is going fine...


    Every time i power off my laptop though i lose whatever terminals/apps i had on the linux-red-hat machine.

    Is there a way that i can get the linux apps to run forever, and then i can just connect to them as i please using cygwin?

    I think vnc allows this (if i recall correctly) but doesnt vnc also force to to view the entire linux desktop on your windows machine as well? Id prefer not to do that...

    Any idea's how to do this on cygwin?

    Thanks
    J


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  • #2
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    Take a look at "GNU Screen".

    It's a console based terminal multiplexer that allows you
    to set up "persistant" connections where you can attach/reattach to each shell instance.
    Each instance can run each application you need much like a regular tty.

    You can just leave your apps running in a seperate screen tty instance on the server.
    It takes a little getting used to, but once you get the hang of it you will be hooked:pac:.

    This article should get you up to speed.


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