Re: job control for the es shell

[rog@vitanuova.com]

>     out of interest, what does job control give you that you can't get
>     quite easily via virtual terminals?
>
> "Oh rats, I need to reboot my Windoze box *again*, but I don't want to
> interrupt that job I started half an hour ago. I know, I can just put it
> into the background."

create a new window for the new job?

or if you're on a genuine terminal, as somebody suggested, screen
works admirably to the same purpose.  in fact, i remember at uni using
screen - it was great, i could go from one terminal room to another
and pick up the same session on a different terminal.  not many window
systems offer that functionality, let along csh-style job control (VNC
could be construed as such i guess).

or does the job control-style "background" do something different?
i've never used it, only browsed through the man pages, so i'm
probably misguided.

 cheers,
    rog.