X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:05:22 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cannot suspend shell (Ctrl+Z) Message-ID: <20101116210522.GA22104@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20101116155926 DOT GD4671 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 05:29:05PM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >* 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. Because screen != "a console window (like CMD)". cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple