Putting a foreground process into the background from a background process

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The title is basically my question. Is it possible to put a process into the background from another background process with bash?



For instance, if we have the following code:



function check_if_server_running 
while [ server_running -ne true ]
curl localhost:8000
done
bg %-


check_if_server_running &
./startServer

# Some other code...


Could we replace bg %- with something to make the ./startServer run in the background once it's up? Normally bg %- makes puts the last process in the background but it is not working for me









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    The title is basically my question. Is it possible to put a process into the background from another background process with bash?



    For instance, if we have the following code:



    function check_if_server_running 
    while [ server_running -ne true ]
    curl localhost:8000
    done
    bg %-


    check_if_server_running &
    ./startServer

    # Some other code...


    Could we replace bg %- with something to make the ./startServer run in the background once it's up? Normally bg %- makes puts the last process in the background but it is not working for me









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      The title is basically my question. Is it possible to put a process into the background from another background process with bash?



      For instance, if we have the following code:



      function check_if_server_running 
      while [ server_running -ne true ]
      curl localhost:8000
      done
      bg %-


      check_if_server_running &
      ./startServer

      # Some other code...


      Could we replace bg %- with something to make the ./startServer run in the background once it's up? Normally bg %- makes puts the last process in the background but it is not working for me









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      The title is basically my question. Is it possible to put a process into the background from another background process with bash?



      For instance, if we have the following code:



      function check_if_server_running 
      while [ server_running -ne true ]
      curl localhost:8000
      done
      bg %-


      check_if_server_running &
      ./startServer

      # Some other code...


      Could we replace bg %- with something to make the ./startServer run in the background once it's up? Normally bg %- makes puts the last process in the background but it is not working for me







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