Spitballing here: in the new window do something like cat /proc/123/ns | rc
Or first massage the ns then generate an output for rc. On Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 4:34 PM Chris McGee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > When I'm using Unix, there's a workflow that I use for long running > commands that I'm hoping to find the equivalent in the Plan 9 way of doing > things. > > I will occasionally run a command, realize that it will take a long time > to complete. I don't want to kill it. I'll just Ctrl-Z and bg to put it > into the background using the shell. It's almost as if I had run it with > '&' in the first place. I can then run other commands in the same working > directory, environment and shell history. > > Is there an equivalent to this workflow in Plan 9? > > I realize that the whole job control system dates back to old single > session terminals, which isn't a problem with Rio where you can draw new > windows at will. Initially I thought, that you just drag that window to a > corner somewhere and let it complete. But, if I draw a new window it won't > be in the same working directory, have the same environment and namespace. > Maybe there is a way to create a window that inherits these from an > existing process? > > Chris >
