Re: [Help-bash] backgrounding a process sends it into a tailspin

[Cook, Rich]

Aha, now we're getting somewhere!  Why didn't someone just say so?  :-) 
That helps clarify it a bit for me.  
I'll think about how I could use "wrapper functions" to do the same thing.  
Given the way we install and maintain software, I don't think that's an option. 

On Sep 13, 2012, at 5:12 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> You can't use job control on processes that are not your direct children.

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