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+===== Session Names =====
+Each session has a name associated with it that can be used when attaching to them.  Session names are displayed when listing your sessions using screen -list.
+<code>
+root@backup:~# screen -list
+There are screens on:
+.dispatch   (Attached)
+.playing    (Detached)
+.irc        (Detached)
+.logs       (Attached)
+.pts-5.backup       (Attached)
+Sockets in /var/run/screen/S-root.
+</code>
+The default session name is constructed from the tty and host names, which isn't very useful as you can see from the last entry above.  To give a screen a name, you specify it with the -S option.
+<code>
+screen -S mySessionName
+</code>
+It's even more useful when combined with -R, in which case the -S can be omitted.  This causes screen to attach to an existing session with the given session name, or create a new one with that name.  Combined with -d or -x, it's  a very powerful feature. :)
+<code>
+screen -xR mySessionName
+</code>
+===== Changing the Session Name =====
+Session names can be changed on an existing session using the :sessionname command.
+<code>
+C-a :sessionname mySessionName
+</code>
+===== Closing Notes =====
+Session names, combined with window [[title_examples]], makes life a lot easier when you have multiple sessions with multiple windows in each.

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