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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [A bit off-topic] Bash alias and &
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 05:04:53
Message-Id: CAC=wYCEf=mNSONbB8890-eyqxZtikTKLsqWakg5DOF2RZYTYuQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [A bit off-topic] Bash alias and & by Joerg Schilling
1 Another option is to suspend the foreground process (ctrl-Z) then you can
2 background it by typing bg, which will resume running and put it in the
3 background.
4
5 # sleep 10
6 ^Z
7 [1]+ Stopped sleep 10
8 m # bg
9 [1]+ sleep 10 &
10 #