Re: Help with large delete

> On Apr 16, 2022, at 13:56, Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> On Apr 16, 2022, at 12:24 PM, Perry Smith <pedz(at)easesoftware(dot)com> wrote:
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>>> On Apr 16, 2022, at 12:57, Jan Wieck <jan(at)wi3ck(dot)info <mailto:jan(at)wi3ck(dot)info>> wrote:
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>>> Make your connection immune to disconnects by using something like the screen utility.
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>> Exactly… I’m using emacs in a server (daemon) mode so it stays alive. Then I do “shell” within it.
> I use emacs a lot. It doesn’t keep the terminal alive in my experience. Perhaps nohup?

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsAsDaemon

Doing: emacs —daemon

You will see a couple of messages about loading up the customized file and then it detaches and you get back to the prompt.