can't foreground job (Suspended (tty input))

Paul Lussier p.lussier at comcast.net
Sun Jan 7 13:38:18 EST 2007


"Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:

>   Everyone else already explained what is going on, and better than I
> could have.  I do have one question, though.  Why does it work for me?
>
> 	$ sudo emacs -nw /etc/hosts
> 	
> 	[1]+  Stopped                 sudo emacs -nw /etc/hosts
> 	$ fg
> 	sudo emacs -nw /etc/hosts

I do this all the time, and comes as no surprise to me.  I was
actually surpised by the original post, since I've never seen that
behavior before...
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Seeya,
Paul
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