Re: Job control

[ABrady <xunil kc rr com>]

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:22:52 -0800
"David Busby" <busby pnts com> wrote:

> List,
>     I used CTRL+Z to stop a task, how do I get it back?  Is there a
>     way to
> start a task into the background?  Can I start a stoped job and have
> it run in the background?  What should `man` to learn?

man screen

It allows you to run a process and jump in and out of it at will. It
gives you the command prompt back to run something else without
interrupting the first one. You can start one remotely and jump into it
locally. Or vice versa.

My favorite command to date!

-- 
Weird enough for government work.