Any way to bring Eggdrop to foreground on ubuntu?

[D3matt]

I run an eggdrop on an ubuntu shell, and it says "launching into background (pid: xxx)" after it finishes its startup process. But the jobs command lists nothing. Is this some other kind of background? How can I get it into my console?

EDIT: I guess I don't really need this, I can always use dcc chat. But it would be nice to know anyway.

[caesar]

Once it's started it goes into background and if you want/need a "console" with it then either DCC Chat with it on IRC or telnet to it after you set the port.

[willyw]

I run an eggdrop on an ubuntu shell, and it says "launching into background (pid: xxx)" after it finishes its startup process. But the jobs command lists nothing. Is this some other kind of background? How can I get it into my console?

Try:
./eggdrop -h
to get brief help and list of command line options.

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./eggdrop -h

Eggdrop v1.6.20 (C) 1997 Robey Pointer (C) 2010 Eggheads

Usage: eggdrop [options] [config-file]

Options:
  -h   help
  -n   Don't background; send all log entries to console.
  -nc  Don't background; display channel stats every 10 seconds.
  -nt  Don't background; use terminal to simulate DCC chat.
  -m   Create userfile.
  -h   Show this help.
  -v   Show version info, then quit.

EDIT: I guess I don't really need this, I can always use dcc chat. But it would be nice to know anyway.

Right.
If I recall, the "console" you get with -n allows you do do very little. It can be handy though, if you need to observe errors.

You're on the right track.... use DCC chat.

[willyw]

...
But the jobs command lists nothing.
...

Was this with ps ?

or
ps x
?

[D3matt]

That lists process IDs, not job IDs. Apparently they're different, according to what I read.