[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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