===== 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:
        7637.dispatch   (Attached)
        7545.playing    (Detached)
        7680.irc        (Detached)
        7684.logs       (Attached)
        7693.pts-5.backup       (Attached)
4 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.