Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 09:33:58 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Mike Pritchard <mpp@freefall.freebsd.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dup3() - I've thought it over and decided... Message-ID: <19970319093358.36887@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <20682.858762363@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Wed, Mar 19, 1997 at 01:06:03AM -0800 References: <199703190736.XAA09452@freefall.freebsd.org> <20682.858762363@time.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, Mar 19, 1997 at 01:06:03AM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > [Attach your detached tree?] > > And if you said 'y' you'd get your old process tree back, everything > right where you left it. > > Now I'm not sure if ITS accomplished this by leaving your processes > suspended and under the ownership of some foster parent for a certain > period of time, or if it genuinely saved them to disk and then > resurrected them on demand, but it sure was a bloody convenient > feature which I've always missed! :-) The package 'screen' allows a similar thing. It manages virtual shells on a terminal and allows you to detach the whole lot in one go, and then reattach from anywhere. I used to use it at University when terminals were hard to hold on to all day (due to student demand). Useful for that FTP that's going to take all day. :) Joe -- Josef Karthauser Technical Manager Email: joe@pavilion.net Pavilion Internet plc. [Tel: +44 1273 607072 Fax: +44 1273 607073]
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