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Is it possible to name the 'screen' logfile from the -L flag?


Upon running Screen with the -L flag, a file called 'screenlog.0' is created and all output written to it (which is great), but I will be running several Screen sessions and I need to identify the logs with a unique number. Is it possible to change the log file name?


Solution

  • Probably the easiest way is to use the following (starting from Screen version 4.06.02 and up):

    screen -L -Logfile log_filename your_command