[aclug-L] Re: A few questions

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Bob Bonfield wrote:

> Hey all, I was wondering if you could field a few questions for
> me.  First of all, I was wondering if somebody could point me in
> the right direction to get some good documentation on the 'fg'
> command.  What I'm wanting to know is how to switch out of the job
> you are in while leaving it active, IE not stopping or closing it.  
> If somebody can help me, I'll greatly appreciate it.  Also, if
> somebody could tell me if there is an easier way to manage
> jobs...that would be nice as well.  Thanks in advance all.

'fg' is a shell builtin.  do a 'man' on your shell and look for it.
To "background" a job, use CONTROL-Z, then 'bg' to background it, or 
simply start the job with "job &".

-jeff
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