Re: have bg, fg, but lack stop

On 12/19/09 9:30 PM, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > As there is no > $ stop %1 > like command. alias stop='kill -s STOP' -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRUc...@case.eduhttp://cnswww

Re: have bg, fg, but lack stop

jida...@jidanni.org schrieb: > OK, never mind. Market demand too low to add... I rather think you could just define a stop()

have bg, fg, but lack stop

Notice how I need two steps to stop this running job: $ jobs [1]+ Running firefox & $ fg firefox ^Z [1]+ Stopped firefox As there is no $ stop %1 like command. OK, I suppose I can use $ kill -s SIGSTOP %1 $ [1]+ Stopped firefox OK, never mind.