Re: control z - background or stop?
Sandip P Deshmukh said:
> i wanted to know if there is a way to put a program in background
> without stopping it. so i start links, put it in background while it loads
> a page and fetch it in foreground after finishing of something inbetween.
my favorite way to do this is screen.
the basics:
(install screen first)
type 'screen' hit return at the prompt, it shows a screen of license info
or something.
load your program
hold down CTRL and press A then D (quickly)
it will say [detached]
the app will still be running in the background
to restore the app do
screen -r
see the manpage for more details, although i've been using it for 5-6 years
I have never had a need for more then the above though :)
nate
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