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Is there a way to "reopen" a process that is running?

I accidentally closed my terminal window and it was running a openvpn. Is there a way to bring that process back to the focus of the terminal?

I've tried fg and jobs but since it is a program I don't believe those commands apply.

Will
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  • Have a look at `screen` and `tmux`. And you'll need to start them in advance; they don't help to bring back your closed openvpn (but they can bring back the next one). – dirkt Jun 11 '21 at 16:26
  • Ya so it seems I'd have to plan in advance, but also seems openvpn doesn't work well with common solutions for bring it back to screen. – Will Jun 11 '21 at 23:30
  • Openvpn is no different than anything else you start from the terminal in this respect... there is no "common solution" to bring back a process when the parent process has been killed. – dirkt Jun 12 '21 at 03:37

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