Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:45:10 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: EdwardKing <zhangsc@neusoft.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Fernando =?utf-8?Q?Apestegu=C3=ADa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> Subject: Re: How to change process status? Message-ID: <20080722144508.GF19044@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <00e401c8eafc$bf4ef4a0$3f83a8c0@neusofteaf5839> References: <00d501c8eafa$174daff0$3f83a8c0@neusofteaf5839> <1bd550a00807202332g69a71b66j8c985dc5f61e22e5@mail.gmail.com> <00e401c8eafc$bf4ef4a0$3f83a8c0@neusofteaf5839>
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In the last episode (Jul 21), EdwardKing said: > From: "Fernando Apesteguía" <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> > > On 7/21/08, EdwardKing <zhangsc@neusoft.com> wrote: > >> I make a process running in background,like follows: > >> $./a.out & > >> > >> I want to know how to change a.out from backgound to foreground > >> and how to stop it? > > > > with "fg" and the number the shell returns after you placed the > > process in the background. Let's say: > > > > $./a.out & > > [1] 27537 > > > > fg %1 > > > > -- Here the shell will bring the process to the foreground -- > > > > Now you can stop it with Ctrl-c for instance. > > I use FreeBSD7.0 > > $./a.out & > $ > > There is show nothing,like such as [1] 27537 > Why? /bin/sh doesn't print the job number when you background a process. You can use the "jobs" command to list all backgrounded and suspended jobs. In your case, you only have one job, so you can just run "fg %1" or even "fg". -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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