Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <034701c0c20a$67c29200$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> From: "Robert Collins" To: References: <20010410130501 DOT B18200 AT redhat DOT com> Subject: Re: More on Job Control... Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 08:05:49 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Apr 2001 21:59:14.0800 (UTC) FILETIME=[7B72F700:01C0C209] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" To: "Cygwin" Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 3:05 AM Subject: Re: More on Job Control... > On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 12:46:46PM -0700, Mark Allan Young wrote: > > > >if I don't use the '&' and then try to suspend it > >with , it doesn't suspend. > > A .bat file is not a cygwin application. Cygwin isn't a special magic > program that brings UNIX functionality to everything on your system. > CTRL-Z will only work on Cygwin applications. > > cgf > Hmmm, I wonder. Chris: if we can save the process and main thread handle for the child, on Ctrl-Z we could call SuspendThread. I'm happy to fiddle around with this (in about 3 weeks :]) unless you think it's a bad idea. Rob -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple