From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 25 20:46:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8788116A41F for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 20:46:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp4.suscom.net (smtp4.suscom.net [64.78.119.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F98D43D66 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 20:45:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C9EB1500E0 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:45:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp4.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp4.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 05539-01-98 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:45:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp4.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id ED581150072 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:45:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (//gerard [192.168.0.2]) by seibercom.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jAPKjmOX078448 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:45:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:45:51 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20051125153642.2B05.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.23 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at suscom.net Subject: Viewing Programs Running From CRON X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 20:46:00 -0000 I have asked many dumb questions before, and this will no doubt add to the list. Scenario: I start a program from CRON. As an example, let us use /sysutils/portmanager. Now this program is being run in the background. How do I get it to run in the foreground so that I can view what it is doing, and or stop it if I want to? If I succeed in that maneuver, can I place it in the background again? I hope that I am explaining this correctly. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net