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From: jeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM (Jeff Beadles)
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Subject: Re: ctl-Z for a process
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Date: 28 Mar 90 16:04:04 GMT
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In article <5929@rouge.usl.edu> pcb@gator.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) writes:
>Can I suspend a job that was started in the background from a
>different terminal?
>
>I would like to ctl-Z it somehow???

If you own the process, or are root,

"kill -STOP pid"

To continue,
"kill -CONT pid"


	-Jeff
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