I'm using screen on debian lenny, and I would like to use the -R option. From man screen:   -R   attempts  to  resume  the  youngest  (in  terms  of creation time)        detached screen session it finds.  If successful, all  other  com        mand-line  options  are  ignored.   If no detached session exists,        starts a new session using the specified options, just  as  if  -R        had  not been specified.However, when I run screen -R it does not actually attach to the youngest detached session. Instead, it complains that there are several suitable screens and that I need to choose one of them.Am I missing something? How do I make this work as advertised?
How to make screen -R attach to the youngest detached session?
gnu screen
Try using screen -RR. Example:$ screen -lsThere are screens on:    5958.pts-3.sys01    (08/26/2010 11:40:43 PM)    (Detached)    5850.pts-1.sys01    (08/26/2010 11:40:35 PM)    (Detached)2 Sockets in /var/run/screen/S-sdn.Note that screen 5958 is the youngest. Using screen -RR connects to screen 5958. The -RR options is somewhat further explained in the documentation for -d -RR.   -d -RR  Reattach a session and if necessary detach or  create  it.  Use           the first session if more than one session is available.Another trick I often use is to use -S to give the screen a tag/label. Then you can reattach using that tag without having to remember what was happening in each screen if the list gets unwieldy.Example (Launch screens for vim and curl):$ screen -dm -S curl$ screen -dm -S vim $ screen -listThere are screens on:      11292.vim       (08/27/2010 12:02:53 AM)        (Detached)    11273.curl      (08/27/2010 12:01:42 AM)        (Detached)Note: The -dm option was just used to start a detached screenAnd then, at a later date, you can easily reconnect using the tag curl.# screen -R curl