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jwandborg@sophie:~$ dropbox & # Starts the progress, sends it to the background immediately, the process is running.
[1] 24055
jwandborg@sophie:~$ fg # Brings the latest process in the background process stack to the foreground (you can also use `fg <number>` to choose another than the latest)
dropbox
^Z # Suspends the process, the process is now in the background, but is not running.
[1]+ Stopped dropbox
jwandborg@sophie:~$ bg # Sends the latest suspended process to the background, the process is now running in the background.
[1]+ dropbox &
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