Is there a way of putting processing jobs in the background?

[Bob Palowoda]

>From article <6323 at homxc.ATT.COM>, by bgt at homxc.ATT.COM (B.TONGUE):
> 
> Folks,
> 
> I've written a screen-oriented program which takes 5 or so minutes
> to process.  Is there a way to put the process in the background
> *after* the selection has been made?  (I'm not talking about ampersands; 
> isn't there a command bg or fg?)
> 
    If your running BSD its:
    ^Z
    bg

    If your running sysV you could upgrade. 

    ---Bob

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