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Re: Background behavior



>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:

    Jason> Chris inspired me.

    Jason> When you hit ctrl-C now it stops, like a good little
    Jason> program, if you 'fg' it then it returns to normal. If you
    Jason> 'bg' it then it moves to a special silent-download only
    Jason> mode (-qqd) that remains until it is 'fg'd again or it
    Jason> finishes.

Do you mean control-z? I wouldn't want to have a program backgrounding
itself on control-c :)

    Jason> This allows you to start it up, look at the ETA, size
    Jason> values and whatnot then background it and continue on your
    Jason> way. For those of us who have enough windows/consoles
    Jason> already and don't need more :>

Looks good.

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