Directing input made to a screen session with a command to a specific window inside the session?
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So I have an automatic backup script hourly backing up important files of the server.
It has many lines like this that send input to the screen session the game server console is running in to broadcast when it starts to backup the files:
screen -x $SCREENNAME -X stuff "`printf "say Backing up world: '$WORLD'r"`
It works fine, unless I'm using a different window inside of the screen session.
When I'm using a different window in the same screen session the script tries to execute the say Backing up world in the bash terminal I'm using which doesn't work and no message gets sent to the game console.
Is there any way to direct the output to a specific screen inside the seesion. My game console is always on the first screen so screen 0.
I'm on CentOS 7 if that's relevant
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So I have an automatic backup script hourly backing up important files of the server.
It has many lines like this that send input to the screen session the game server console is running in to broadcast when it starts to backup the files:
screen -x $SCREENNAME -X stuff "`printf "say Backing up world: '$WORLD'r"`
It works fine, unless I'm using a different window inside of the screen session.
When I'm using a different window in the same screen session the script tries to execute the say Backing up world in the bash terminal I'm using which doesn't work and no message gets sent to the game console.
Is there any way to direct the output to a specific screen inside the seesion. My game console is always on the first screen so screen 0.
I'm on CentOS 7 if that's relevant
scripting backup gnu-screen
asked Apr 1 at 15:29
Tundral
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up vote
2
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So I have an automatic backup script hourly backing up important files of the server.
It has many lines like this that send input to the screen session the game server console is running in to broadcast when it starts to backup the files:
screen -x $SCREENNAME -X stuff "`printf "say Backing up world: '$WORLD'r"`
It works fine, unless I'm using a different window inside of the screen session.
When I'm using a different window in the same screen session the script tries to execute the say Backing up world in the bash terminal I'm using which doesn't work and no message gets sent to the game console.
Is there any way to direct the output to a specific screen inside the seesion. My game console is always on the first screen so screen 0.
I'm on CentOS 7 if that's relevant
scripting backup gnu-screen
asked Apr 1 at 15:29
Tundral
425
So I have an automatic backup script hourly backing up important files of the server.
It has many lines like this that send input to the screen session the game server console is running in to broadcast when it starts to backup the files:
screen -x $SCREENNAME -X stuff "`printf "say Backing up world: '$WORLD'r"`
It works fine, unless I'm using a different window inside of the screen session.
When I'm using a different window in the same screen session the script tries to execute the say Backing up world in the bash terminal I'm using which doesn't work and no message gets sent to the game console.
Is there any way to direct the output to a specific screen inside the seesion. My game console is always on the first screen so screen 0.
I'm on CentOS 7 if that's relevant
scripting backup gnu-screen
asked Apr 1 at 15:29
Tundral
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asked Apr 1 at 15:29
Tundral
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asked Apr 1 at 15:29
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You can preselect a window by specifying -p , 0 is first window, 1 is second so on...
screen -x $SCREENNAME -p 0 -X stuff "printf "say Backing up world: '$WORLD'r""
answered Apr 1 at 16:46
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So my screen now has this in itscreen -p 0 -S $SCREENNAME -X eval 'stuff "helpop $SAY_BACKUP_START"15'But it still keeps inputting the things to the window that I have currently selected instead of window #0
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accepted
You can preselect a window by specifying -p , 0 is first window, 1 is second so on...
screen -x $SCREENNAME -p 0 -X stuff "printf "say Backing up world: '$WORLD'r""
answered Apr 1 at 16:46
Bharat
3058
So my screen now has this in itscreen -p 0 -S $SCREENNAME -X eval 'stuff "helpop $SAY_BACKUP_START"15'But it still keeps inputting the things to the window that I have currently selected instead of window #0
– Tundral
Apr 28 at 11:55
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up vote
1
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You can preselect a window by specifying -p , 0 is first window, 1 is second so on...
screen -x $SCREENNAME -p 0 -X stuff "printf "say Backing up world: '$WORLD'r""
answered Apr 1 at 16:46
Bharat
3058
So my screen now has this in itscreen -p 0 -S $SCREENNAME -X eval 'stuff "helpop $SAY_BACKUP_START"15'But it still keeps inputting the things to the window that I have currently selected instead of window #0
– Tundral
Apr 28 at 11:55
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up vote
1
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up vote
1
down vote
accepted
You can preselect a window by specifying -p , 0 is first window, 1 is second so on...
screen -x $SCREENNAME -p 0 -X stuff "printf "say Backing up world: '$WORLD'r""
answered Apr 1 at 16:46
Bharat
3058
You can preselect a window by specifying -p , 0 is first window, 1 is second so on...
screen -x $SCREENNAME -p 0 -X stuff "printf "say Backing up world: '$WORLD'r""
answered Apr 1 at 16:46
Bharat
3058
answered Apr 1 at 16:46
Bharat
3058
answered Apr 1 at 16:46
Bharat
3058
answered Apr 1 at 16:46
Bharat
3058
3058
So my screen now has this in itscreen -p 0 -S $SCREENNAME -X eval 'stuff "helpop $SAY_BACKUP_START"15'But it still keeps inputting the things to the window that I have currently selected instead of window #0
– Tundral
Apr 28 at 11:55
add a comment |Â
So my screen now has this in itscreen -p 0 -S $SCREENNAME -X eval 'stuff "helpop $SAY_BACKUP_START"15'But it still keeps inputting the things to the window that I have currently selected instead of window #0
– Tundral
Apr 28 at 11:55
So my screen now has this in it
screen -p 0 -S $SCREENNAME -X eval 'stuff "helpop $SAY_BACKUP_START"15' But it still keeps inputting the things to the window that I have currently selected instead of window #0– Tundral
Apr 28 at 11:55
So my screen now has this in it
screen -p 0 -S $SCREENNAME -X eval 'stuff "helpop $SAY_BACKUP_START"15' But it still keeps inputting the things to the window that I have currently selected instead of window #0– Tundral
Apr 28 at 11:55
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