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Date:      Sat, 26 Nov 2005 14:35:36 +0200
From:      Cezar Fistik <cezar@arax.md>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Viewing Programs Running From CRON
Message-ID:  <2710204621.20051126143536@arax.md>
In-Reply-To: <20051125153642.2B05.GERARD@seibercom.net>
References:  <20051125153642.2B05.GERARD@seibercom.net>

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Hello Gerard,

Friday, November 25, 2005, 10:45:51 PM, you wrote:

> I start a program from CRON. As an example, let us use
> /sysutils/portmanager. Now this program is being run in the background.
> How do I get it to run in the foreground so that I can view what it is
> doing, and or stop it if I want to? If I succeed in that maneuver, can I
> place it in the background again?

> I hope that I am explaining this correctly.

Use the screen utility /usr/ports/misc/screen.
See this:
http://www.freebsddiary.org/screen.php


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Best regards,
 Cezar                            mailto:cezar@arax.md




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