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Is it possible to have a already started program move to screen/tmux? I'd like to have something like the following:

program;
^Z
screen;
fg;

I know the above won't work, but is there a way to accomplish this?

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  • It is not a duplicate of that question, as in this one, the user is already running the program and wants to suspend it (^Z), then move to a screen.
    – Daniel Beck ♦
    Dec 13, 2011 at 8:16
  • Yes exactly. The program is already running, but then I decide it's better to have it in a screen (so I can leave my PC). I don't care if it creates a new screen session or is added to an existing one …
    – knittl
    Dec 13, 2011 at 8:20
  • If it's a non-interactive program, couldn't you just use disown?
    – Daniel Beck ♦
    Dec 13, 2011 at 8:21
  • This is a problem of moving a child process under another parent.
    – karatedog
    Dec 13, 2011 at 9:04

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The problem is under no circumstances simple to solve, but have a look at reptyr. It can sometimes help you, especially if you don't care about noise printed in the original terminal & c. You'll might have to compile it yourself, although some distros, Gentoo for instance, package it.

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