resuming a background program after logging off / on

SINNER · *nix forums Guru Wannabe Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 184

* Benjamin Johnson wrote in comp.unix.shell:

Ed Morton · *nix forums Guru Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 1073

Benjamin Johnson wrote:

Benjamin Johnson · *nix forums beginner Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 1

Hi,

I have a particular program that runs for a long time, so i use

nohup nice longprog > t.out &

and log off. When i log back on, it's obviously no longer a job in the
shell -- is there any way to reattach a process to your current
shell/terminal so that you can use standard job control commands such as
fg? Or, rather, is it possible to fg a "parentless" process in whatever
shell you're using?

If my terminology isn't precise, the gist is: how can i get control of my
program once i've logged out and logged back in (other than killing it)?

-Ben

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