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