Thanks for the tip! I'll give that a try. Chris
> On Oct 7, 2017, at 12:04 AM, Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Spitballing here: in the new window do something like > > cat /proc/123/ns | rc > > Or first massage the ns then generate an output for rc. > >> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 4:34 PM Chris McGee <newton...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> When I'm using Unix, there's a workflow that I use for long running commands >> that I'm hoping to find the equivalent in the Plan 9 way of doing things. >> >> I will occasionally run a command, realize that it will take a long time to >> complete. I don't want to kill it. I'll just Ctrl-Z and bg to put it into >> the background using the shell. It's almost as if I had run it with '&' in >> the first place. I can then run other commands in the same working >> directory, environment and shell history. >> >> Is there an equivalent to this workflow in Plan 9? >> >> I realize that the whole job control system dates back to old single session >> terminals, which isn't a problem with Rio where you can draw new windows at >> will. Initially I thought, that you just drag that window to a corner >> somewhere and let it complete. But, if I draw a new window it won't be in >> the same working directory, have the same environment and namespace. Maybe >> there is a way to create a window that inherits these from an existing >> process? >> >> Chris
