[GTALUG] odd error when running the screen program?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Oct 02, 2022 at 11:33:36AM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Both shellworld, and dreamhost, use Ubuntu as the basis for their shell
> workspaces.
> Sharing that up front, as this may be tied to Ubuntu.
> There is a program called screen, apparently common across some Linux
> distributions.
> one can create the equal of a screen shot,
> screen www.website.com
> followed by control a -h.
> This creates a file called hardcopy, with numbers going up for each file.
> However, when I run
> screen www.site.com
> Regardless of the site I get.
> screen cannot  accept www.site.com no such file or directory screen is
> terminating.
> Suggesting that there must be a configuration issue since Debian users I
> know  <and who have likely built there own stuff> are not encountering the
> same problem.
> Any tips?

screen is a terminal multiplexor, not a web browser.  You can run screen
with an argument of what program to run.  A website is not a program so
you would have to run it with some browser as an argument.  As suggested
links could work.

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Len Sorensen