From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 15 22:04:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA27264 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 22:04:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from ptialaska.net (husky.ptialaska.net [198.70.245.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA27254 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 22:04:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from un_x@hotmail.com) Received: from hoopty.ptialaska.net (dialups-146.anchorage.ptialaska.net [198.70.228.146]) by ptialaska.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA18093 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 21:03:52 -0900 (AKST) Message-ID: <34961A4F.41C67EA6@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 21:06:07 -0900 From: Abc Xyz X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions Subject: ctrl-Z / & Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk can i know beforehand whether or not a process will "stop" (as opposed to continuing to process) when thrown into the background, or suspended with ctrl-Z? are there rules that determine this? it apears some programs run, and some don't. and i think some used to, and now don't (ping). thank you. ------------------------------------------------- FingerPrint BA09868C 1B995204 58410FD3 A5E7B2DA -------------------------------------------------