Process group
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process-group-201-5189238
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Process group
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In a POSIX-conformant operating system, a process group denotes a collection of one or more processes.
Among other things, a process group is used to control the distribution of a signal;
when a signal is directed to a process group, the signal is delivered to each process that is a member of the group. Similarly, a session denotes a collection of one or more process groups.
A process may not create a process group that belongs to another session;
furthermore, a process is not permitted to join
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_group
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2023-03-27T07:17:49Z
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