bgt@homxc.ATT.COM (B.TONGUE) (04/13/89)
Folks, I've written a screen-oriented program which takes 5 or so minutes to process. Is there a way to put the process in the background *after* the selection has been made? (I'm not talking about ampersands; isn't there a command bg or fg?) Thanks! -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% The Speaking Tongue, AT&T %% C Code. C Code Run. Run, Code, RUN! %% %% (..att!..)homxc!bgt %% PLEASE!!!! %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) (04/14/89)
In article <6323@homxc.ATT.COM>, bgt@homxc.ATT.COM (B.TONGUE) writes: > > I've written a screen-oriented program which takes 5 or so minutes > to process. Is there a way to put the process in the background > *after* the selection has been made? (I'm not talking about ampersands; > isn't there a command bg or fg?) > > Thanks! > If you are using the C-shell, just type ^Z (control-Z), or whatever your "suspend" character is set to, and type "bg" to put it in the background. To regain control (foreground), type "fg" if that is the only job you have in the background, or get a list of the jobs with the "jobs" command and type "fg %x" where x is the number of the job (not the PID). _____________________________________ Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory We don't need no stinking signatures!
palowoda@megatest.UUCP (Bob Palowoda) (04/14/89)
From article <6323@homxc.ATT.COM>, by bgt@homxc.ATT.COM (B.TONGUE): > > Folks, > > I've written a screen-oriented program which takes 5 or so minutes > to process. Is there a way to put the process in the background > *after* the selection has been made? (I'm not talking about ampersands; > isn't there a command bg or fg?) > If your running BSD its: ^Z bg If your running sysV you could upgrade. ---Bob -- Bob Palowoda Work: {sun,decwrl,pyramid}!megatest!palowoda Home: {sun}ys2!fiver!palowoda BBS: (415)796-3686 2400/1200 Voice:(415)745-7749
guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) (04/18/89)
>If you are using the C-shell,
*AND* using a version of UNIX that supports job control, which not all
versions of UNIX do.