reconnect to a running process?

[Rob Weir]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:21:14PM +1000, Peter Lavender wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I had ssh'ed into my debian box (HPPA linux port running on HP 715 :)
> ) and during the apt-get dist-upgrade the ssh connection dropped out.
> 
> The process had got to a prompt waiting for input.  I ssh'ed ack to
> the box, but cannot figure out how to reconnect to the running/stalled
> apt-get process.
> 
> I can see with with ps aux | grep apt.  I'd rather not kill it if I
> don't need to, unless it's safe to do so...

I'm not sure what you can do now, but for this sort of thing I stick
with screen.  SSH in, run `screen apt-get -dfuy dist-upgrade', and off
it goes.  If you want to come back later, hit 'C-a d' to detach from the
process, then run `screen -r' to re-attach later.  I'm not sure if it is
on by default, but screen can definitely handle drop outs like this
automatically.

-rob
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