Dealing with Stopped Jobs
Sometimes when you try to logout, you'll get a message saying there are "stopped jobs". These stopped jobs are programs or processes which have been suspended by a ^Z (Ctrl - Z) command. You have to either make the job active again, or get it running properly in the "background" before you can logout.
Stopping a program is useful if you want to temporarily suspend working on one program so you can do something else.
To see a list of stopped jobs, type:
You will see a list of the stopped programs. Here's an example showing a stopped "learn" session:
You can kill this stopped job by typing:
kill %1 (where %1 is the number of the job
to be killed> | |
Or you can make the program active again by typing:
| fg %1 (where %1 is the number of the job) | |
fg stands for foreground. (You are bringing the program from suspended status back to the foreground.) Once brought back to the foreground, you can continue the program or quit in a normal manner.