Re: Change socket directory

[Peder Stray]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, John J. Foster wrote:

> > > Is there a way to change the socket directory to $HOME/.screen? The 
> > > owners of this system have set the default to /tmp/screen, and I do 
> > > not have access to change it. Is there an environmental variable to 
> > > override? Is there an entry I can place in my .screenrc?
> >
> > export SCREENDIR=$HOME/.screen
> >
> > in your shell's startup... or wrap screen in a quick shell script that 
> > sets the environment.
>
> I've just finished slapping myself for not RTFM'ing. Thanks Will and 
> Adam. Sorry for the noise.

why do you want to change it? i know tmpcleaners have a tendency to remove 
sockets from under /tmp, but you can always get them back with

        pkill -CHLD screen

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  Peder Stray