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Rainer von Bongartz
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‎03-05-2003 04:54 AM

‎03-05-2003 04:54 AM

<job name not known> from background jobs


When I start a job in the background, i.e.

tail -f cache.log&

and submit a jobs command a get the message

[1] + Running

putting in the foreground results in
# fg %1


The job is running and can be killed with kill %1.

Any ideas why the job name is not known ??


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Rainer
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Bill Hassell
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‎03-05-2003 05:08 AM

‎03-05-2003 05:08 AM

Re: <job name not known> from background jobs

tail -f is not designed to be run as a batch job. The man page doesn't specifically call out any limitations but as many sysadmins have found out, it wasn't really designed to be used in a script or background.


Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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Steve Steel
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‎03-05-2003 05:21 AM

‎03-05-2003 05:21 AM

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Re: <job name not known> from background jobs

Hi


I have seen this before and it was solved by setting up a history file.

Does your user have a history file.

HISTFILE=$HOME/.history
HISTSIZE=1000 lines to keep


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Rainer von Bongartz
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‎03-05-2003 05:27 AM

‎03-05-2003 05:27 AM

Re: <job name not known> from background jobs

Thanks Steve

setting up a history file solved it

Rainer
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