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- From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Subject: Re: How do I suspend nn?
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- References: <aldavi01.712530058@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> <fish.712594333@news2.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:10:49 GMT
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- fish@daacdev1.stx.com writes:
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- >aldavi01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Arlie Davis) writes:
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- >>I really, truly, honestly want to suspend my nn process, in order to use
- >>some other process that I have suspended, or whatever, and return to nn.
- >>However, nn *always* starts a subshell, instead. I'm using Korn shell,
- >>if that's relevant. (Same behavior with C shell, though.)
-
- >>Please don't tell me to RTFNNM -- I already have. It *claims* that C-z
- >>will suspend the shell if possible, else start a subshell. It never does,
- >>though. :(
-
- >i tried it and it works for me (using ksh) can you suspend other processes
- >with ^Z ? i suspect that maybe your stty susp is not set to ^Z (check with
- >stty -a and see what susp is set to)
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- Unless, of course, you're on a system without job control (or maybe the
- 'monitor' option for ksh isn't set).
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- Jim Jagielski NASA/GSFC, Code 734.4
- jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov Greenbelt, MD 20771
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