Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!a.cs.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!urbsdc!aglew From: aglew@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Interactive Background Processes Message-ID: <57900016@urbsdc> Date: 14 Jul 88 14:11:00 GMT References: <16374@brl-adm.ARPA> Lines: 7 Nf-ID: #R:brl-adm.ARPA:16374:urbsdc:57900016:000:310 Nf-From: urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM!aglew Jul 14 09:11:00 1988 ..> Interaction with backgrounded processes It's also possible to use other forms of IPC, such as messages or semaphores in combination with a FIFO; the key is that some form of asynchronous notification is usually required, although splitting the backgrounded process into two can sometimes get around that.