Why didn't I think of that? That's so obvious!
- Mike
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wcnet.org/~mtrausch 100% Microsoft Free on a PC!
Linux: Because rebooting is for adding new hardware!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Mike Werner wrote:
MW>Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 22:22:07 -0400
MW>From: Mike Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MW>To: Michael B. Trausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MW>Cc: linux-newbie Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MW>Subject: Re: CTRL equiv. for &?
MW>
MW>"Michael B. Trausch" wrote:
MW>>
MW>> OK, I know that on the command line, you can start a process in the
MW>> background with the & character by itself on a line (I'm using bash w/ Red
MW>> Hat 5.2).
MW>>
MW>> You can then type fg to put it in the foreground. But, after you do that,
MW>> is there a way to send it back to the background (not stop it like ^Z
MW>> does?)
MW>>
MW>> - Mike
MW>
MW>After you suspend the process with Ctrl-Z, if you then type bg instead
MW>of fg the process will resume but in the background.
MW>--
MW>Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?"
MW>ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!"
MW>'91 GS500E |
MW>Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow.
MW>
MW>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
MW>Version: 3.1
MW>GU d-@ s:+ a- C++>$ UL++ P+ L+++ E W++ N++ !o w--- O- !M V-- PS+ PE+
MW> Y+ R+ !tv b+++(++++) DI+ D--- G e*>++ h! r++ y++++
MW>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
MW>
