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NAME
     fg, bg - foreground and background jobs (csh built-in)

SYNOPSIS
     fg [ %job...  ]
     or
     %job
     bg [ %job...  ]
     or
     %job&

DESCRIPTION
     The command fg brings a stopped or backgrounded job into the
     foreground, meaning that the job becomes attached to the
     terminal.  The command bg puts a stopped job in the
     background, meaning that the job becomes detached from the
     terminal.  The syntax for job is described in the manual
     page jobs(1csh). If no job argument is given, the current
     job is used (this job is marked by a `+' in the listing
     given by jobs .)

     The syntax %job is an alternate for fg, and %job& is an
     alternate for bg.

EXAMPLES
     A common way to follow a make(1) command's progress is to
     redirect the output to a file and use the command tail
     -ffile to view the output.  Usually, the tostop mode of the
     terminal is used (see stty(1)), so that the command stops is
     ready.  To do this, the command:

          tail -f make_output &

     is executed.  When it is ready to send output to the
     terminal, a message like:

          [2] + Stopped (tty output) tail -f make_output

     is printed.  At this point, any of the following commands
     can be used to bring the command into the foreground for
     viewing of the output:

          fg
          fg %2
          fg %tail
          %2
          %tail

     When the output has stopped or slowed to the point that it
     would be best to wait for more output to be built up, the
     character ^Z (control-z) can be typed to stop the command.
     At this point, the command can be put back into the



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     background by using one of the following commands:

          bg
          bg %2
          bg %tail
          %2 &
          %tail &


DIAGNOSTICS
     command: No such job.
        The job named (either implicitly or explicitly) is not a
        job.

     command: Ambiguous.
        There is more than one job that matches the pattern
        given.

CAVEATS
     When tostop mode is set and a lot of jobs are running, it
     can be very confusing, since the job that was last announced
     as being the current job may no longer be so.

     Backgrounding an already backgrounded job will cause the job
     to be marked so that it does not become the current job
     again automatically.

SEE ALSO
     @(1csh), alias(1csh), break(1csh), cd(1csh), chdir(1csh),
     continue(1csh), csh(1csh), dirs(1csh), echo(1csh),
     eval(1csh), exec(1csh), exit(1csh), glob(1csh), goto(1csh),
     hashstat(1csh), history(1csh), jobs(1csh), kill(1csh),
     limit(1csh), logout(1csh), nice(1csh), nohup(1csh),
     notify(1csh), onintr(1csh), popd(1csh), pushd(1csh),
     rehash(1csh), repeat(1csh), set(1csh), setenv(1csh),
     sh(1sh), shift(1csh), source(1csh), stop(1csh),
     suspend(1csh), time(1csh), umask(1csh), unhash(1csh),
     unalias(1csh), unlimit(1csh), unset(1csh), unsetenv(1csh),
     wait(1csh), which(1csh), and signal(3c).
















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