Re: Terminal "mimic" program wanted

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From: Charles Hannum
Date: Sat, 02 May 1992 19:51

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In article <1992May1.050346.11714@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
ccimh@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Ian M. Hunter) writes:
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> We have had a request for Unix software which will permit what is
> happening on one terminal to be echoed on another (or, preferably,
> others) for demonstration purposes.

The simplest way to do this:

* Say user "A" is doing something, and users "B" and "C" want to watch.

* User "A" runs `script'.  This starts logging *all output* from his
session to a file "typescript".

* Now users "B" and "C" just use `tail -f' to watch the log file, and
they see (with 1 second granularity) everything user "A" sees.

The above only works if the terminals are all of the same type.  If
they are not, all three users can use `screen' to give them virtual
VT100s, and use the above technique.

No need for special software.

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Subject: Re: Terminal "mimic" program wanted
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