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Re: have bg, fg, but lack stop
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Ken Irving |
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Re: have bg, fg, but lack stop |
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Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:48:44 -0900 |
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On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:30:27AM +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> Notice how I need two steps to stop this running job:
>
> $ jobs
> [1]+ Running firefox &
> $ fg
> firefox
> ^Z
> [1]+ Stopped firefox
>
> As there is no
> $ stop %1
> like command.
kill %1 works for me. I've puzzled over this before, and I think part of the
trouble may be that 'jobspec' is not defined in bash(1) (v 3.29).
Ken
>
> OK, I suppose I can use
>
> $ kill -s SIGSTOP %1
> $
> [1]+ Stopped firefox
>
> OK, never mind. Market demand too low to add...
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Ken.Irving@alaska.edu