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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users make a foreground running process to run background without hang up Post 302230580 by bakunin on Saturday 30th of August 2008 04:44:34 AM
Old 08-30-2008
When you have already started the job you can use "nohup <pid>" to unattach it from the terminal you are on (this is the reason why processes stop when you log off - they are attached to a terminal and this terminal ceases to exist when you log off) so they won't stop when you log off.

Therefore:

Code:
$ job                    # starts the job
$ <CTRL-Z>               # stops the job
$ bg                     # puts the job in background
$ nohup <PID>            # unattaches the backgrounded job from the terminal

I hope this helps.

bakunin
 

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XSetState(3X11) 						  XLIB FUNCTIONS						   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 XSetState function sets the foreground, background, plane mask, and function components for the specified GC. XSetState can generate BadAlloc, BadGC, and BadValue errors. XSetFunction sets a specified value in the specified GC. XSetFunction can generate BadAlloc, BadGC, and BadValue errors. The XSetPlaneMask function sets the plane mask in the specified GC. XSetPlaneMask can generate BadAlloc and BadGC errors. The XSetForeground function sets the foreground in the specified GC. XSetForeground can generate BadAlloc and BadGC errors. The XSetBackground function sets the background in the specified GC. XSetBackground can generate BadAlloc and BadGC errors. DIAGNOSTICS
BadAlloc The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory. BadGC A value for a GContext argument does not name a defined GContext. BadValue Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted by the request. Unless a specific range is specified for an argu- ment, 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) Xlib - C Language X Interface X Version 11 Release 6.6 XSetState(3X11)
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