Sending a job straight to background

detly · 02-01-2005, 09:29 AM

While a program is running, I can hit [Ctrl]-Z to stop it, and then use bg %N to restart it in the background. Is there a way to send a job straight to the background while it is running - ie. without stopping it first?

(I couldn't figure out if this should go in 'General' or 'Software.')

acid_kewpie · 02-01-2005, 09:36 AM

Code:

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detly · 02-01-2005, 08:41 PM

That works when starting the program, but is there a way to send a program stright to background while it is running?

Shade · 02-02-2005, 01:26 AM

Not that I know of... Although, you shouldn't have to use the %N -- bg will affect the job that was last stopped.

Maybe using the screen application would help? What app are you using that you want to send straight to the background like this?

--Shade

detly · 02-02-2005, 02:51 AM

None in particular, I was really just wondering.