On Wednesday 05 November 2003 10:54 pm, someone claiming to be Brad De Vries wrote: > --- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess this is a bash question, and probly FAQ-ish, > > but... > > Say I set a make job to execute in the background > > with 'make >make.log > > 2>&1 &' and the job then stops to ask for user > > input, like asking, "mv: > > overwrite `.deps/alarmdaemoniface_stub.Plo', > > overriding mode 0644?" > > > > How do I give the user input to the job? Is it > > possible? > > > > Thanks, > > Tim > > IIRC, there is a built-in command (i.e., part of your > shell, assuming it's sh, ksh, bash, etc.) called "fg" > which brings background jobs to the foreground. > > Well, apparently, fg <PID> isn't what's required. After a bit of googling, I came upon the recommendaition to use 'fg %1'; which utimately lead me to the chance to break out of the make. Not what I wanted, but it worked.
Thanks, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.2.1 2:35am up 32 days, 5:21, 2 users, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
