What Does This Bash Shell Message Mean 1

[Live2Die]

I use putty to remotely control my linux box, but If i do something like bring up a man page and close it by using CTRL+Z and then go to logout I get this bash message.

"There Are Stopped Jobs"

What does this mean. Is it bad, or can i just ignore it.

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[sleipnir214]

You're getting that message because you're using CTRL+Z on your invocation of the man app.

CTRL+Z, in a bash shell, takes the foreground application and moves it to the background. [Generally, when I want to quit man, I just hit the Q (for "quit") key.] So instead of closing man, you're moving it to the background. So when you try to log out, bask correctly reminds you that you have jobs in the background.

To answer your question, I recommend that you never ignore the "stopped jobs" question. Instead you should at a minimum run the [tt]jobs[/tt] command to see what you've left behind.

See also: [tt]man jobs[/tt], [tt]man fg[/tt]


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