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Continuous saving of tmux environment. Automatic restore when tmux is started. Automatic tmux start when computer is turned on.
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Is it possible to add a running script to resurrect-processes list and automatically restore it? #104

Closed ioogithub closed 2 years ago

ioogithub commented 2 years ago

I have a script running in a bash shell. I would like to add the script name to the list of ressurrect-process list so that when I run the script, save the session then auto restore, the script will start again and continue running, just like the binary apps like tail for example.

Here is what I am trying to do:

  1. Run ~/script.sh in a tmux pane
  2. Save session
  3. prefix + b d to detach from the session 5 tmux kill-server

In my ~/.tmux/Session/tmux_resurrect_dt.txt file I see: pane host 1 1 :* 3 :/home/user 0 bash :/bin/bash /home/user/script.sh

Restart tmux

The session is restored however the script is not started. Instead I just get a command prompt. I have any other binary processes running they are restored but any scripts are not.

In the ~/.tmux file I tried many variations of the script name: set -g @resurrect-processes 'script script.sh "~/script.sh /bin/bash /home/user/script.sh"

none of these options work. Is is possible for continuum to auto restore a session with running scripts or can only binary files be restored in this way?

bruno- commented 2 years ago

Yes, this is possible, you just have to figure out the correct value for set -g @resurrect-processes. Try maybe set -g @resurrect-processes '~script.sh'.

The instructions are here: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect/blob/master/docs/restoring_programs.md If something in the docs is not clear, consider opening a PR when you figure it out.