Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:59:26 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Cannot suspend shell (Ctrl+Z)
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On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>[latest Cygwin DLL and all updates]
>
>Hi,
>
>I cannot suspend applications (like Midnight Commander) in a running 
>shell (bash or Zsh) - nothing happens. Nevertheless when I run mc (for 
>instance) in screen session then it works as expected:
>
>% mc                                                                  ~
>
>[1]  + 5752 suspended  mc
>%
>
>I vaguely remember that it used to be possible to suspend applications 
>from a standard shell... Can anyone shed some light on this issue?

Try using mintty or rxvt.  You can't suspend processes running in a console
window (like CMD) unless they are waiting for input.

cgf

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