Hybernation and running applications

[Derek Broughton]

Gareth Howells wrote:

>> I am running a compression program. If I choose hibernate at log out,
>> when the system will resume tomorrow, will this compression continue
>> from where it was left?
> 
> That would depend on the program (which software are you using?) but I
> would expect not. Have you looked at the software documentation to see if
> it can handle hibernation?

Huh?  Of course it will continue.  Hibernation simply stops _everything_,
then saves the state of memory.  When it resumes, it restores memory and
starts again.  If hibernation works at all, _all_ programs have to work.
-- 
derek