[plug] Stopped Jobs
Peter Wilsmore
djinn at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Thu Aug 31 16:36:19 WST 2000
> Unix allows you stop/start jobs and even run them in the background
> eg if you're deleting a large directory structure you can type
>
> rm -rf <directory>
> ^Z to suspend it
> bg to put it in the background
>
> or you could just type "rm -rf <directory> &" to put it in the background
> immediately..
gee.. Im not sure I would use rm -rf in an example of a random unix command
someone will be liable to use it.
hohum,
the Djinn
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