Matt wrote: >and the console in which I suspended the script has not given me a >prompt so I can't issue any more commands.
What if you suspend it like "vi &" instead. That definitely gives me a prompt and the "fg" command works. Theory: something with ctrl+z doesn't work so you don't get it suspended properly - but maybe the ampersand will? Maybe the tar process isn't too keen on accepting the keystrokes you feed it? Regards, Jesper Vad Kristensen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/