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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject: Re: Cannot suspend shell (Ctrl+Z)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:29:05 +0100
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* Christopher Faylor (Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:59:26 -0500)
> 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.

You are right. But why does it work when I first start screen and then - 
say - Midnight Commander? Process Explorer doesn't show screen as parent 
process.

Thorsten


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