byobu-select-session(1)              byobu             byobu-select-session(1)

NAME
       byobu-select-session - select and connect to a byobu session


DESCRIPTION
       byobu-select-session is an application that lists the available screen
       sessions running on the system, and prompts the user to select one.
       The user also has the option to create a new Byobu session, or launch
       the default shell without Byobu.

       If an invalid selection is chosen 3 times in a row, the user is
       connected to the youngest session.

       By default, if only one session exists, the user is connected to that
       session, and if no sessions exist, a new session is created -- such
       that there is no interactive prompt in the normal behavior.  However,
       some users may choose to always be prompted, by touching the file
       $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.always-select.

       Note that BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR=$HOME/.byobu.

       Named sessions that begin with a "." are "hidden" from
       byobu-select-session(1).  This is useful, for instance, if you do not
       want a session to be automatically selected at login.  Example:
         byobu -S .hidden


FILES
       $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.always-select


SEE ALSO
       byobu(1), screen(1)

       http://byobu.org


AUTHOR
       This manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland
       <kirkland@byobu.org> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).
       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
       and the utility under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
       Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.

       The complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL on Debian/Ubuntu systems, or in
       /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-*/GPL on Fedora systems, or on the web at
       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.

byobu                             12 Jan 2010          byobu-select-session(1)