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Date:      Wed, 29 May 2002 19:48:39 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
Cc:        Daniel Blankensteiner <db@traceroute.dk>, Daniel Geske <danielgeske@gmx.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Send process to background
Message-ID:  <3CF568D7.2090809@potentialtech.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10205291931470.8511-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>

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Stephen Hovey wrote:
> No I guess I didnt..  he wants to detach from something already started
> with his session that wasnt nohupped before..  It might have been some
> linux shell itself that did this if 'screen' isnt the right answer..
> perhaps a feature of bash (Ive no idea - I use sh)

If running bash, CTRL-Z will suspend the process and return you to a
command prompt.  You can then issue "bg" to tell the process to resume
running in the background.
I don't know how well (or if) this works in other shells.

> 
> On Thu, 30 May 2002, Daniel Blankensteiner wrote:
> 
> 
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Daniel Geske" <danielgeske@gmx.net>
>>
>>>Daniel: Thanks for you reply.
>>>Hm. Looks like daemon is a function, not a command. I guess I'll just turn
>>>off the client and go to bed for now (it's 1:15AM).
>>
>>Ups, sorry, Stephen Hovey has the rigth answer :-)
>>
>>br
>>db
>>
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