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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Job Control (a la csh/ksh) from within C
Message-ID: <16710025@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Oct 89 00:04:32 GMT
References: <1719@zen.co.uk>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> In article <1719@zen.co.uk> vic@zen.co.uk (Victor Gavin) writes:
> >...my understanding of how job control works is sadly lacking.
> >Can anyone point me towards a book/manual/paper which explains how to
> >control jobs *properly* from within a C program?
> 
> Well, the *proper* way to control jobs is not to fool around with
> abominations like BSD job control, but to do something sensible like a
> window system that lets you interact with multiple processes without
> ornate kludges.  However, that probably isn't what you wanted...

If indeed you weren't really looking for knee-jerk pontification on
something vaguely related to your question, here's an answer that
is probably closer to what you wanted:

See the Summer 1986 USENIX proceedings for the following paper (p. 459):


	   A System V Compatible Implementation of 4.2BSD Job Control

				David C. Lennert

			    Hewlett-Packard Company
			  Information Technology Group


	     This paper gives an overview of how process groups and
	  controlling terminals are handled in System V and 4.2BSD and
	  then discusses the effect 4.2BSD job control has on these
	  things.  A modified 4.2BSD interface is discussed which
	  supports 4.2BSD job control functionality but in a way which
	  allows AT&T System V compatibility.  This interface has been
	  implemented in Hewlett-Packard's [operating] system, HP-UX.

In particular, see the section "6.4. HP-UX Typical Scenario" on page 472.

Dave "windows: Ability to suspend and resume processes: not found" Decot
decot%hpda@hplabs.hp.com