humble pie was Re: [lug] Job Control

[Andrew Gilmore]

D'oh, I guess I need to stop responding so quickly.

Andrew

On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 23:31, Paul Nowosielski wrote:
> Cool , I was not familiar with the 'bg' command.
> Thanks for every one help.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 11:09, Ed Hill wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 01:00, Paul Nowosielski wrote:
> > > 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...
> > 
> > Thats *exactly* what the "<CTRL>-z" followed by "bg" does!  Give it a
> > try on your process(es) and you'll see.  Also, see "JOB CONTROL" as
> > described in "man bash".
> > 
> > hth,
> > Ed
> > 
> > > 
> > > 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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