* Christopher Faylor (Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:59:26 -0500) > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > >[latest Cygwin DLL and all updates] > > > >Hi, > > > >I cannot suspend applications (like Midnight Commander) in a running > >shell (bash or Zsh) - nothing happens. Nevertheless when I run mc (for > >instance) in screen session then it works as expected: > > > >% mc ~ > > > >[1] + 5752 suspended mc > >% > > > >I vaguely remember that it used to be possible to suspend applications > >from a standard shell... Can anyone shed some light on this issue? > > Try using mintty or rxvt. You can't suspend processes running in a console > window (like CMD) unless they are waiting for input.
You are right. But why does it work when I first start screen and then - say - Midnight Commander? Process Explorer doesn't show screen as parent process. Thorsten -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
