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# 1  
Old 05-06-2008
Bring a cron job to foreground
Hi,

Is there any way to associate a job started by cron to a terminal and bring it to foreground.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 05-07-2008
no. you will need to capture your output to a file.
# 3  
Old 05-07-2008
That is already in place.

Just wondering if there is some option .... Smilie
# 4  
Old 05-07-2008
Use atd instead of crond
If simple "at" don't work then think of some combined logic. Most probably you should be able to achieve your task. Good luck!!!
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Old 05-07-2008
Wicked idea: run it in a screen(1) from cron, and see if you can attach to that from a terminal?
# 6  
Old 05-07-2008
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Originally Posted by era
Wicked idea: run it in a screen(1) from cron, and see if you can attach to that from a terminal?
SmilieSmilieSmilie

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