how to bring a fg job to bg
 

i do a :

tail -f /var/log/messages > /dev/tty9 &

ok, it is running on the bg, great.

i do a

jobs

will show me it is running on the background

i do a fg ,

the job wil bring to foreground.

now, how do i bring it back to bg? since now my terminal is "stuck" , i tried a ctrol-y , then i type bg, it wont work.



thanks.

You need to do a ctrl-z, then type bg.

how about a ctrl-z..

Hobbletoe beat me :)

er...that was simple...thanks.