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authorAlan Hicks <alan@lizella.net>2010-05-01 16:56:25 -0400
committerAlan Hicks <alan@lizella.net>2010-05-01 16:56:25 -0400
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downloadslackbook-58b6f588310f5361b43548f76c7ffff041d26b79.tar.xz
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</section>
<section>
+<title>Task Management</title>
+
+<para>
+<application>bash</application> has yet another cool feature to offer,
+the ability to suspend and resume tasks. This allows you to
+temporarily halt a running process, perform some other task, then
+resume it or optionally make it run in the background. Upon pressing
+<keycap>CTRL-Z</keycap>, <application>bash</application> will suspend
+the running process and return you to a prompt. You can return to that
+process later. Additionally, you can suspend multiple processes in
+this way indefinitely. The <application>jobs</application> built-in
+command will display a list of suspended tasks.
+</para>
+
+<screen><prompt>darkstar:~$ </prompt><userinput>jobs</userinput>
+[1]- Stopped vi TODO
+[2]+ Stopped vi chapter_05.xml
+</screen>
+
+<para>
+In order to return to a suspended task, run the
+<application>fg</application> built-in to bring the the most recently
+suspended task back into the fore ground. If you have mutiple suspended
+tasks, you can specify a number as well to bring one of them to the
+foreground.
+</para>
+
+<screen><prompt>darkstar:~$ </prompt><userinput>fg # "vi TODO"</userinput>
+<prompt>darkstar:~$ </prompt><userinput>fg 1 # "vi chapter_05.xml"</userinput>
+</screen>
+
+<para>
+You can also background a task with (surprize)
+<application>bg</application>. This will allow the process to continue
+running without maintaining control of your shell. You can bring it
+back to the fore ground with <application>fg</application> in the same
+way as suspended tasks.
+</para>
+
+</section>
+
+<section>
<title>Terminals</title>
<para>