[lug] Job Control

Paul Nowosielski Paul at danamusic.com
Tue Sep 16 23:00:57 MDT 2003


But I don't want to stop the program.

I want it to *continue*  to  run in the background.

So I'm looking for a command similar to the '&' thats placed after a
command that lets the program continue to run in the back ground...




On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 10:30, Hugh Brown wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 00:17, Paul Nowosielski wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > A simple question...
> > If I start a job (ex: icewm-light & )
> > and I bring that job to the foreground how can I send it to the back
> > ground without stopping it?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> 
> Ctrl-Z (default to stop a program)
> bg
> 
> 
> Hugh
> 
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