Reconnecting background job and interactive shell

DominikHoffmann

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If I run a program that generates a lot of output with the "&" suffix, it will continue operating in the background, only that the output is not directed to the shell anymore.

If I now logout of the shell that process will continue to run in the background, since it is no longer tied to the shell. Is there a way to reconnect its output to a new shell? If so, how would I do it?
 
Use the "screen" command line utility. It doesn't come with MacOSX, but you can download it with fink.
 
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