On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 09:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Control-z is typically suspend. To later be resumed with the fg command.
> That might work. I've never suspended a compile myself so I can't say for
> sure. I use control-z a lot if I am reading my email and need to check
> something. It may or may not have deeper complication with more exotic
> programs. But if you find it works, by all means let me know.

If you run the emerge under screen(1) you can pause it with Control-Z
and later resume it from the same or even a different login session.

Screen is great for managing long-running tasks that you might want
to monitor from several places.

Seth
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