On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:30:27AM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > Notice how I need two steps to stop this running job: > > $ jobs > [1]+ Running firefox & > $ fg > firefox > ^Z > [1]+ Stopped firefox > > As there is no > $ stop %1 > like command.
kill %1 works for me. I've puzzled over this before, and I think part of the trouble may be that 'jobspec' is not defined in bash(1) (v 3.29). Ken > > OK, I suppose I can use > > $ kill -s SIGSTOP %1 > $ > [1]+ Stopped firefox > > OK, never mind. Market demand too low to add... -- ken.irv...@alaska.edu