HPR1175: how to start irssi in screen after reboot




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Summary: In this episode Lord Drachenblut shows us how to start irssi in screen after reboot. crontab -e # opens editor for crontab @reboot /usr/bin/screen -dmUS irc /usr/bin/irssi -d -m Start screen in "detached" mode. This creates a new session but doesn't attach to it. This is useful for system startup scripts. -U Run screen in UTF-8 mode. This option tells screen that your terminal sends and understands UTF-8 encoded characters. It also sets the default encoding for new windows to `utf8'. -S sessionname When creating a new session, this option can be used to specify a meaningful name for the session. This name identifies the session for "screen -list" and "screen -r" actions. It substitutes the default [tty.host] suffix. https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ http://www.irssi.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron