Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 07:49:53 GMT From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, Gary <medmanks@mindspring.com>, Peter <peterk@americanisp.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to Resume a Suspended Process Message-ID: <E141kx7-0002Oc-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>
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> Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> types: > > On Thursday 30 November 2000 04:18, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > Gary <medmanks@mindspring.com> types: > > > > >> Occasionally, I have accidentally hit cntrl-Z when trying to hit > > > > >> cntrl-C. Cntrl-Z suspends whatever process I was running and returns > > > > >> me to the command prompt. How can I resume the suspended process? > > > > Can also type %(name of program) to bring it back (at least in Linux) > > > This is a feature of the shell, not the OS. Bash, csh and FreeBSD's > > > /bin/csh all support it. > > Mmm, well it does require OS support to work, to be accurate... > > Well, suspend/resume requires OS support. But whether any shell > supports the "%(name of program)" feature for doing a resume is a > shell feature; the OS has nothing to do with that. And if the OS > doesn't do suspend/resume, the the problem with C-Z that started the > thread would never happen :-). > > touche ! .. ok .. everyone got it now :) (smarty pants !) > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for more information. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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