[aclug-L] Re: A few questions

[John Phillips <jphillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Start the job with a space and a '&' after the job name to start
the job as a background job, eg.  'job_name &'
John Phillips

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.
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> Bob Bonifield
> Email:  augur@xxxxxxxxxxx
> URL:  http://lan.quakecity.net/
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