Background question

[Brad De Vries]

--- Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:
> I guess this is a bash question, and probly FAQ-ish,
> but...
> Say I set a make job to execute in the background
> with 'make >make.log 
> 2>&1 &' and the job then stops to ask for user
> input, like asking, "mv: 
> overwrite `.deps/alarmdaemoniface_stub.Plo',
> overriding mode 0644?"
> 
> How do I give the user input to the job? Is it
> possible?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim

IIRC, there is a built-in command (i.e., part of your
shell, assuming it's sh, ksh, bash, etc.) called "fg"
which brings background jobs to the foreground.

Brad.

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