Sometimes, when you are in shell, you need the current process but also want to run another command. Yes, you are running in GNU/screen, but you think you have enough tabs. What can you do? Use the magic!
Simply press Ctrl+Z. You will be back in your shell immediately. But the process has just been put in background is NOT running. You have to use
Want it back? Just run
Run
After put in background, run
When you logout, exit or Ctrl+D, the program won't exit.
This a re-post, originally posted on 2008-09-04 on The Tiny Bit blog.
Put it in background
Simply press Ctrl+Z. You will be back in your shell immediately. But the process has just been put in background is NOT running. You have to use
bg to let it run in background. Use jobs to find its number and run bg 1, for example.Want it back? Just run
fg <num>.Directly Run in Background
Run
program &.Detach it from Shell When exit
After put in background, run
disown -a. You can also make directly nohup program &. However, it will show up in jobs, you can run disown -a to remove it.When you logout, exit or Ctrl+D, the program won't exit.
This a re-post, originally posted on 2008-09-04 on The Tiny Bit blog.