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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users make a foreground running process to run background without hang up Post 302230042 by pharos467 on Thursday 28th of August 2008 01:42:45 PM
Old 08-28-2008
make a foreground running process to run background without hang up

I've tried this a long time ago and was successful but could not remember how i did it. Tried ctrl+Z and then used bg %

could not figure what i did after to keep it no hangup -

not sure if used nohup -p pid, can u plz help me out if this can be done.

Any help will be appreciated.
 

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XSetState(3X11) 						     MIT X11R4							   XSetState(3X11)

Name
       XSetState, XSetFunction, XSetPlanemask, XSetForeground, XSetBackground - GC convenience routines

Syntax
       XSetState(display, gc, foreground, background, function, plane_mask)
	  Display *display;
	  GC gc;
	  unsigned long foreground, background;
	  int function;
	  unsigned long plane_mask;

       XSetFunction(display, gc, function)
	  Display *display;
	  GC gc;
	  int function;

       XSetPlaneMask(display, gc, plane_mask)
	  Display *display;
	  GC gc;
	  unsigned long plane_mask;

       XSetForeground(display, gc, foreground)
	  Display *display;
	  GC gc;
	  unsigned long foreground;

       XSetBackground(display, gc, background)
	  Display *display;
	  GC gc;
	  unsigned long background;

Arguments
       background
		 Specifies the background you want to set for the specified GC.

       display	 Specifies the connection to the X server.

       foreground
		 Specifies the foreground you want to set for the specified GC.

       function  Specifies the function you want to set for the specified GC.

       gc	 Specifies the GC.

       plane_mask
		 Specifies the plane mask.

Description
       The function sets the foreground, background, plane mask, and function components for the specified GC.

       can generate and errors.

       sets a specified value in the specified GC.

       can generate and errors.

       The function sets the plane mask in the specified GC.

       can generate and errors.

       The function sets the foreground in the specified GC.

       can generate and errors.

       The function sets the background in the specified GC.

       can generate and errors.

Diagnostics
       The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory.

       A value for a GContext argument does not name a defined GContext.

       Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted by the request.
		 Unless a specific range is specified for an argument, the full range defined by the argument's type is accepted. Any argument
		 defined as a set of alternatives can generate this error.

See Also
       XCreateGC(3X11), XQueryBestSize(3X11), XSetArcMode(3X11), XSetClipOrigin(3X11), XSetFillStyle(3X11), XSetFont(3X11), XSetLineAt-
       tributes(3X11), XSetTile(3X11)
       X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys

																   XSetState(3X11)
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