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@(#)$Id: bg (AT&T Research) 2000-04-02 $
]
[+NAME?bg - resume jobs in the background]
[+DESCRIPTION?\bbg\b places the given \ajob\as into the background and sends them a \bCONT\b signal to start them running.]
[+?If \ajob\a is omitted, the most recently started or stopped background job is resumed or continued in the background.]
[+?Each \ajob\a can be specified as one of the following:]{
[+\anumber\a?\anumber\a refers to a process id.]
[+-\anumber\a?\anumber\a refers to a process group id.]
[+%\anumber\a?\anumber\a refer to a job number.]
[+%\astring\a?Refers to a job whose name begins with \astring\a.]
[+%??\astring\a?Refers to a job whose name contains \astring\a.]
[+%+ \bor\b %%?Refers to the current job.]
[+%-?Refers to the previous job.]
}

[job ...]

[+EXIT STATUS?]{
[+0?If all background jobs are started.]
[+>0?If one more jobs does not exist or there are no background jobs.]
}
[+SEE ALSO?\bwait\b(1), \bfg\b(1), \bdisown\b(1), \bjobs\b(1)]
