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dtach version 0.6 has been released, which is a tiny program that
emulates the detach feature of screen, allowing you to run a program in
an environment that is protected from the controlling terminal and
attach to it later. dtach does not keep track of the contents of the
screen, and thus works best with programs that know how to redraw
themselves.

Version 0.6 contains a major change to how redrawing is handled; dtach
now sends a WINCH signal to the program to tell it that it should redraw
itself. Previous versions sent a ^L character to the program.... read more