Re: notification of command finished on main shell?

[Jostein Berntsen]

On 20.09.10,09:42, david rene comba lareu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i usually use screen to run background process as
> download/copy/upload/delete big files and that stuff, thought ssh, i was
> wondering if there exist any feature that could print a message when the
> last command finished on the main shell (ssh) or maybe also if i'm on
> another screen instance.
> 
> if something like this do not exist, and any screen dev see this, could tel
> me if is technically possible to develop? i'd like to help if is possible :D
> 

You can use the silence command(see the man page) and set your .screenrc 
someting like this:

bind  silence 20
msgwait 10


Jostein