Switching between different shells, application stops.

swamprat · 02-13-2008, 08:35 PM

Hello,

If I'm running an application for like a long find command and I do a cntl-z I notice that what was running stops and I enter a new shell where I can enter commands etc,

When I return using the FG command what was running there doesn't seem to start running again.

I would like to know how I could switch to a different shell and still have what was running in the previous shell keep running.

Can this be done and if so how?

I a newbie using Centos5.0.

Any help with this will be appreciated.

Thanks

Emerson · 02-13-2008, 09:05 PM

Try screen. You can log out, drive into another city, log in over SSH and it's still there.

Tinkster · 02-14-2008, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swamprat

Hello,

If I'm running an application for like a long find command and I do a cntl-z I notice that what was running stops and I enter a new shell where I can enter commands etc,

When I return using the FG command what was running there doesn't seem to start running again.

I would like to know how I could switch to a different shell and still have what was running in the previous shell keep running.

Can this be done and if so how?

I a newbie using Centos5.0.

Any help with this will be appreciated.

Thanks

A Ctrl-z pauses execution. To have the job running
in the background use bg<enter> after the Ctrl-z.

Or use screen, as Emerson suggested.

Cheers,
Tink