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From: arnold@nimbus.UUCP (Arnold Robbins)
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Subject: 'suspend' shell function for BRL Bourne shell with job control
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Date: Tue, 12-Mar-85 16:43:45 EST
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Here is a quick shell function that will come in handy for those of you
who use the BRL Bourne shell with BSD job control.

suspend () {
	case "$-" in
	*J*)	set +J; kill -18 $$; set -J
		;;
	*)	kill -18 $$
		;;
	esac
}

Thanks to Doug Gwyn who suggested turning off job control with set +J.
-- 
Arnold Robbins
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