Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbfsb!danj1 From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: restoring a suspended job from a different terminal Message-ID: <1991May28.124039.12802@cbfsb.att.com> Date: 28 May 91 12:40:39 GMT References: Sender: news@cbfsb.att.com Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ihlpz.ATT.COM Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 12 In-Reply-To: vadi@iastate.edu's message of 27 May 91 16: 34:36 GMT Originator: danj1@cbnewsf.cb.att.com >>>>> On 27 May 91 16:34:36 GMT, vadi@iastate.edu (Elumalai Vadivelu) said: Elumalai> Is it possible to restore a suspended job from a different terminal. Elumalai> For example, I am suspending a job on tty1, later I want to Elumalai> restore (bring to foreground)that suspended job on a Elumalai> different terminal tty2. Is there a way to do that? Check out "screen" by Oliver Laumann (ftp prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/screen-2.1.tar.Z (works on Berkeley style UNIXes)). It even lets you logoff, log back in, and get your windows back.