Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:26:28 +1000 From: Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> To: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> Cc: ggeisbert@e-centives.com, mlivingstone@ottawa.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to run process in background? Message-ID: <200104270426.OAA27442@tungsten.austclear.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> of "Thu, 26 Apr 2001 21:24:04 MST." <F1085qE8DzHx63RNpgg0000d4fc@hotmail.com>
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burnscharlesn@hotmail.com said: > You can also hit CTRL-Z to put the current process in the background. > When you do this it will tell you the background process number, > usually starting with 1. You can then type "fg (number)" to bring it > back or just "fg" if you only have one background process. This > probably doesn't solve your problem, but it is another way to run a > process in the background. (just an FYI) Um, actually hitting CTRL-Z will only stop the foreground process, you then need to type "bg" to put it in the background. Tony -- Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> Senior Network Engineer Ph: +61 3 9677 9319 Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd Fax: +61 3 9677 9355 Level 4, Rialto North Tower 525 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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