From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 15 15:42: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB49437B401 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:42:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from groggy.anc.acsalaska.net (groggy.anc.acsalaska.net [208.151.119.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03AD343EA9 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:42:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from abc@anchorageinternet.org) Received: from en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net (root@printer [192.168.0.26]) by groggy.anc.acsalaska.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBFNfjFY011109 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:41:45 -0900 (AKST) (envelope-from abc@anchorageinternet.org) Received: (from abc@localhost) by en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) id gBFNfuw7082259 for "freebsd-questions" ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:41:56 GMT (envelope-from abc@anchorageinternet.org) Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:41:56 GMT From: abc@anchorageinternet.org Message-Id: <200212152341.gBFNfuw7082259@en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net> X-Authentication-Warning: en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net: abc set sender to abc@anchorageinternet.org using -f Subject: & ^Z fg X-Mailer: Umail v2.3 To: "freebsd-questions" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FBSD 4.7R --------- the following appears to be different behavior than i have experienced in the past, and somewhat unusual. please reply off list as well if you reply. $ startx & is the command above supposed to operate like ^Z (suspend)? i would not think so. i would think that such commands "detach" from the terminal and run in the background regardless of further commands in the foreground; however, following the command above with "fg" brings the process to the foreground, as if one had started a process in the foreground and suspended it with ^Z. is this a bug? thank you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message