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Re: [SLE] Linux (Bash?) Equivalent of OS/2 "Detach" and "Start" Commands?
  • From: The Purple Tiger <Jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:09:43 +0000
  • Message-id: <200303301609.43423.Jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 30 March 2003 12:32 pm, L. Mark Stone wrote:
> I'm looking for the bash equivalents of two OS/2 command line
> features for running programs, "Start" and "Detach". I am probably
> missing the obvious, but I don't see the equivalent in the bash man
> pages.

I don't know the programs you are talking about in terms of OS/2, but I
use "screen" for running jobs that may require text input at some later
date.

I use screen when running mutella [A gnucleus/etc style p2p fileshare
client/server]

screen mutella [This opens up the program in the current shell]
ctrl+a d [This detaches the shell and returns the prompt]

If I want to get back to it, I can run
screen -r [ -r is reattach]

The program runs in the background quite happily in my experience.
YMMV

:o)

Hope this helps!

Jon

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