How do i redirect tty output?

Manuel Rabade - MiG mig at mig-29.net
Sat May 3 07:04:15 PDT 2003


>From the man of portupgrade:

(...)
BUGS
     SUSP (^Z) doesn't work during a build/install.
(...)

I spend one evening trying to run portupgrade in background, but everytime
that i send it to background and prees any key (like enter) the process stoped.

I think that it is the reason why you cant run it on background.

On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 07:16:34AM +0000, Mack Lobell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i want ro run the command "portupgrade -aF" in the background, but i always 
> end up in suspended state. I have tried different redirect operators but no 
> luck. Currently i'm using tcsh.
> 
> example:
> prompt# portupgrade -aF >& /dev/null &
> [1] 713
> prompt#j
> [1]  +   713 Running                       portupgrade -aF >& /dev/null
> prompt#j
> [1]  +   713 Suspended (tty output)        portupgrade -aF >& /dev/null
> 
> //regards
> 
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