Sorry I took the message as when you use & the pseron couldn't get it to return to the forground. I use VNC on serveral machines and put process in the bg then monitor from home. --- Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes...if you fg it from the same running session. > > Try this: > > Start something up and use & to put it in the > background. > > Exit that shell session. > > Log in, again, and try to fg that process. > > It won't work. Sorry. > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Pierre Lamb wrote: > > > Well I have no problem do a "fg pid #" > > --- Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > -- > 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 -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
