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Date:	Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:57:38 -0600
From:	Mike <mikee AT mikee DOT ath DOT cx>
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Subject:	Re: how to bring job to foreground?
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Matt Wilkie might have said:

> Hi,
> 
> I just suspended a short commandline script to the background using ctrl-z
> How do I bring it forward again? The bash prompt didn't come up after ctrl-z.
> The script is:
> 
>     for dir in *; do tar czf $dir.tgz $dir;done
> 
> If I open up another console I can see the processes are still active
> using 'ps -a'
> but the commands 'jobs, fg, bg' say there is nothing to control
> 
> thanks in advance for your time,
>  
> -- 
> -matt
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