Job control (Unix)
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Job control (Unix)
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In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, job control refers to control of jobs by a shell, especially interactively, where a "job" is a shell's representation for a process group. Basic job control features are the suspending, resuming, or terminating of all processes in the job/process group; more advanced features can be performed by sending signals to the job. Job control is of particular interest in Unix due to its multiprocessing, and should be distinguished from job control generally, whic
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Control of jobs by a Unix shell
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_control_(Unix)
date created:
2006-05-23T06:11:12Z
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2024-09-09T09:51:10Z
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