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It seems it just goes round and round and round..

> What does 'jobs' say at that point?
emacs &
xemacs&
mozilla &

leeloo:~> jobs
[2]  + Running                       emacs
[3]  - Running                       xemacs
[4]    Running                       mozilla

leeloo:~> fg
emacs
Suspended
leeloo:~> bg
[2]    emacs &
leeloo:~> fg
xemacs
Suspended
leeloo:~> bg
[3]    xemacs &
leeloo:~> fg
mozilla
Suspended
leeloo:~> bg
[4]    mozilla &
leeloo:~> fg
emacs

> From another window, what does 'ps -s -txx' report for the processes
> of the other xterm.
1000 17354 17353   0   1    1   3  0  1348   848 ttyin  S    p4 0:00.04=20
-csh (tcsh)
1000 17358 17354   0   1    1   2  0  9020 10896 select S    p4 0:01.92=20
emacs
1000 17359 17354   0   1    1   2  0  9032 10832 select S    p4 0:01.98=20
xemacs (xemacs-21.5-b10)
1000 17360 17354   0   1    3  28  0 12588 36864 sawait S-   p4 0:10.04=20
/usr/pkg/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin
1000 17360 17354   0   2    3   2  0 12588 36864 select S-   p4 0:10.04=20
/usr/pkg/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin
1000 17360 17354   0   3    3   2  0 12588 36864 select S-   p4 0:10.04=20
/usr/pkg/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin

> only expect the spanish inquistion :-)
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition. :-)

Marc

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