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From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>
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Subject: [cls@raggedclown.net: Re: disappearing job]
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From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>
Subject: Re: disappearing job
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 18:20:11 +0200
To: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com>

On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 12:11:14PM -0400, David Banning wrote:
> I was editing a job in vi, then my hand slipped and I was back at
> the shell. When I went to edit the file again, it said the file was
> locked. A "ps ax | grep vi" showed that the application was still 
> running. Where did it go? 
> 

Did you type <ctrl/z> by any chance ?
That will stop the job and put it in the background.
Typing "fg" will get it back.

-- 
Regards
   Cliff Sarginson 
   The Netherlands

       Email: cls@raggedclown.net
       Tel  : +31 (0)10 4764595

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