I didn't suggest putting it in the background under screen...and I wasn't the one suggesting putting it in the background. In fact, I suggested just using screen in the first place. <G> On 14 Sep 2003, Rocky Hurley wrote: > This is true, but with screen, you do not really need to put a job in > the background. Just in another pseudoterm. > > Rocky > > On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 11:44, Mike Burger wrote: > > A viable option, though a lot more overhead (bandwidth, memory, etc) than > > using screen. However, neither screen nor VNC will overcome the fact that > > if you put a process in the background using &, and then terminate the > > shell in which that process was running, you can't get that process back > > into the foreground. > > > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Pierre Lamb wrote: > > > > > Why not use VNC???? > > > --- Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, javier wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > > shane c branch said: > > > > > > > > > > > > i use putty to connect to my box, and when i > > > > disconnect, it closes the > > > > > > connection. if there is a way to leave a process > > > > running and resume the > > > > > > connection, i'd be interested to know this as > > > > well. > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > can't you just use "&" to keep the process > > > > running? > > > > > > > > Sure, but you can't get the process back into the > > > > foreground to check its > > > > status or results. > > > > -- > > > > Mike Burger > > > > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > > > > > > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > > > > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or > > > > http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > > > > > To be notified of updates to the web site, send a > > > > message to: > > > > > > > > site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > with a message of: > > > > > > > > subscribe > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Shrike-list mailing list > > > > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mike Burger > > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: > > > > site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > with a message of: > > > > subscribe > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
