Spitballing here: in the new window do something like

cat /proc/123/ns | rc

Or first massage the ns then generate an output for rc.

On Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 4:34 PM Chris McGee <newton688@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> When I'm using Unix, there's a workflow that I use for long running
> commands that I'm hoping to find the equivalent in the Plan 9 way of doing
> things.
>
> I will occasionally run a command, realize that it will take a long time
> to complete. I don't want to kill it. I'll just Ctrl-Z and bg to put it
> into the background using the shell. It's almost as if I had run it with
> '&' in the first place. I can then run other commands in the same working
> directory, environment and shell history.
>
> Is there an equivalent to this workflow in Plan 9?
>
> I realize that the whole job control system dates back to old single
> session terminals, which isn't a problem with Rio where you can draw new
> windows at will. Initially I thought, that you just drag that window to a
> corner somewhere and let it complete. But, if I draw a new window it won't
> be in the same working directory, have the same environment and namespace.
> Maybe there is a way to create a window that inherits these from an
> existing process?
>
> Chris
>