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From: tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold)
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Subject: Re: GNU BASH supporting POSIX job-control?
Keywords: BASH 1.04.4, POSIX job-control
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Date: 5 Nov 90 18:30:10 GMT
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In article <1990Oct18.202025.7901@glance.ch> david@glance.ch (David
Mosberger) writes:

$ Is there a BASH version supporting POSIX job-control? We are currently
$ using version 1.04.4 on our ULTRIX and SV3 boxes. It would be great if
$ we could use the job-control facility we have under ULTRIX on System V too.

Job control that the shell gives you hooks into support that the kernel
provides.  If it isn't in the kernel, the shell can't do anything to
give it to you.  Job control isn't in the System V Release 3 kernel, so
there's nothing you can do (other than upgrade your operating system).
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