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From: cliffs@suntrek.Central.Sun.COM (Clifford C. Skolnick)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: TSR type appls
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Date: 28 Jun 90 20:35:30 GMT
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In article <23762@adm.BRL.MIL> ssds!clayc@uunet.uu.net (Clay Calhoun) writes:
>  
>My dilema is, I'm not sure which application will be controlling the
>I/O.  If he starts his "TSR" and shoves it in the background - will
>it still have access to the I/O coming from the keyboard once he 
>starts the application he wants to use?
>

I would recomend you study the source code to a program called "screen"
which will give you the functionality of multiple sessions on a dumb,
well not too dumb, terminal.  I hope your system has pty's :-).

			Cliff
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   Cliff Skolnick - Technical Consultant                  cliffs@east.sun.com
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