Trivial command line question

stephenry · n00b Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 25

Hi all,

I have a simple, but annoying, problem with my install. When I'm in X, I open a command line, and, from there, execute programs. The problem I'm having is that when i execute an application, say xmms, the window become unusable until I close xmms. The only way to overcome this is to open another command line window. Is it possible to open and run multiple applications from the one terminal?

Cheers,

Steve.

barryboring · n00b Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 19

Hey,

Code:
xmms &

will start xmms and then give you your prompt back.

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guard0 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 96

or after the program starts, hit ctrl+z and then type "bg" and that will force it to the background

compu-tom · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 9:47 am Post subject:

Append an ampersand to the command line:

stephenry · n00b Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 25

Thanks everyone for the reply, got it working fine now...

pi314 · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:06 am Post subject:

maybe you will also try using screen

this will give you some idea of it

Sven Vermeulen · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:13 am Post subject:

The problem with "xmms &" is that, when you close the terminal in which you have started xmms, xmms will close too (as it is the child of that terminal).

To solve this, use "nohup":

pi314 · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:19 am Post subject:

hey cool

thx

Verteron · Apprentice Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 189

You can also avoid the problem of the app quitting when you close the terminal by doing this:

pi314 · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:52 am Post subject:

... but how do I reatach these apps?

when I call "jobs" there is nothing listed
and a simple "fg" or "fg 1" does nothing, too

Sven Vermeulen · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 2:38 pm Post subject:

You can't reattach graphical applications like that. Non-graphical (socalled console apps, or cli apps) can be detached and reattached using screen.

To create a screen session: