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reptyr


Information about the package, reptyr, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The reptyr package is designed for, Attach a running process to a new terminal.


Package Name:

reptyr

Summary:

Attach a running process to a new terminal

Description:

reptyr is a utility for taking an existing running program and attaching it to a new terminal. Started a long-running process over ssh, but have to leave and don't want to interrupt it? Just start a screen, use reptyr to grab it, and then kill the ssh session and head on home.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.3

Release:

1.el6

Size:

17 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for reptyr


Control the reptyr package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install reptyr

This command will install reptyr on the server.

yum remove reptyr

This command will un-install reptyr on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove reptyr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove reptyr

This command will un-install reptyr on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove reptyr when using the -y flag.

yum update reptyr

This command will update reptyr to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove reptyr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update reptyr

This command will update reptyr to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove reptyr when using the -y flag.

yum info reptyr

This command will show you core information about the reptyr package.

yum deplist reptyr

This command will show you the dependencies for reptyr. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update reptyr

This command will check if there is an update waiting on reptyr. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.