Re^4: How to know if a perl script is put in the background [OT]

in reply to Re^3: How to know if a perl script is put in the background [OT]
in thread How to know if a perl script is put in the background

So this really is controlled by stty, specifically the [-]tostop option. On my system (which doesn't stop background jobs that try to output), it's off ("-tostop"). I'm guessing that on your system it's on. Try:

stty -a
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...and see what it is.

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Re^5: How to know if a perl script is put in the background [OT] by almut (Canon) on Nov 18, 2008 at 18:49 UTC
... that's exactly it — Thanks for clearing this up.	[reply]
Re^6: How to know if a perl script is put in the background [OT] by mpeever (Friar) on Nov 19, 2008 at 14:48 UTC
Yes, thank you very much.	[reply]

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