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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 08:25:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Ray Cummins <rcummins@burlco.lib.nj.us>
To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl>
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Subject: Re: "stealing" pty/vty
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On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Andrzej Bialecki wrote:

> Hi all!
> 
> Sometimes I run into following problem: I start a process on a console (or
> vty) and then go home only to remember that I have to "press any key" for
> the damn process to continue... But how to do it, even if I log in and su
> to root?
> 
> Is there a way to tap into the vty used by process and interact with it?
> 

man "watch"