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Linux process to background - relogin - how to bring process back to foreground?

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I start a process, put it in the background running, then log out, then log in again, and want to bring the process to front again. I've looked in "ps aux" for the PID, but it won't be put in the foreground with "fg ###". What's the correct way? (I use the same account for both login sessions.)

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The most common way to accomplish this is probably with GNU Screen. Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells. Basically you will: Make sure is installed. Typi…

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