On Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 08:39:07PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > I tried putting a running program (lynx) in the background by pressing ^Z, > and then started X Windows and thought maybe I could foreground the app in > an Xterm, but I guess either I don't know what I'm doing or it just > doesn't work. I ran ps to find the PID of the job (say 14096), then typed > "fg 14096", but I get a reply that there is no such job. Did I do > something wrong along the way, or is this just not going to work? > > Thanks!
Lynx doesn't won't let me 'background' it either, but that's just Lynx. Most other things (jobs) can be suspended by ^z and either bg'd or fg'd later. This whole thing is called job control and can be read about in the bash man pages under -- you guessed it -- JOB CONTROL. > > -- > Kent West > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. > Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
