Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!alberta!access!edm!steve From: steve@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Interactive Background Processes Message-ID: <3205@edm.UUCP> Date: 9 Jul 88 08:43:47 GMT References:Organization: Unexsys Systems Inc., Edmonton,AB. Lines: 15 From article , by webber@porthos.rutgers.edu.UUCP: > In article <16365@brl-adm.ARPA>, kvancamp@ardec.arpa (Ken Van Camp) writes: >> >> When running large, computationally-intensive programs (such as .... >> perform other tasks, logout, etc. Unfortunately, under Unix, selecting >> background processing precludes interactivity in the software. You can still open a specific TTY... If you do not orphan the task, then you can still query /dev/tty, else you can find out which tty to talk to and open(3) /dev/ttyxxx directly and talk to it.. -- ------------- Stephen Samuel Disclaimer: You betcha! {ihnp4,ubc-vision,mnetor,vax135}!alberta!edm!steve BITNET: USERZXCV@UOFAMTS