[lug] Job Control

[Ed Hill]

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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