Problem : I’ve installed Gentoo without a GUI and have appended aplay /usr/shar/sounds/startup3.wav &> /dev/null & to my /etc/bash/bashrc file. […]
Tag: job-control
What risks are there in stopping and resuming processes in Linux?
Problem : Let’s say I stop a process using Ctrl+Z and resume it five hours later using fg. How risky […]
How do I deal with job that stop and cannot continue unless made foreground?
Problem : Recent example: mountlo (using UML): vi@vi-notebook:~/b$ mountlo -m 16 -d /dev/uba1 /home/vi/mnt/usb -t vfat -o iocharset=utf8,allow_other& [1] 32561 […]
How can I resume a stopped job in Linux?
Problem : How can I resume a stopped job in Linux? I was using emacs and accidentally hit ctrl-z which […]
How do I deal with job that stop and cannot continue unless made foreground?
Problem : Recent example: mountlo (using UML): vi@vi-notebook:~/b$ mountlo -m 16 -d /dev/uba1 /home/vi/mnt/usb -t vfat -o iocharset=utf8,allow_other& [1] 32561 […]
How do I detach from a controlling terminal from the command line?
Problem : I know about nohup and it won’t do what I want: Example: $ nohup sleep 600 2>/dev/null >/dev/null […]
Re-use existing jobs when opening files
Problem : The question is best given by examples: vim example.txt #Opens Vim on new or existing file Ctrl+Z vim […]