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From: wnp@killer.UUCP (Wolf Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Requesting info on Xenix
Message-ID: <2604@killer.UUCP>
Date: 29 Dec 87 13:57:18 GMT
References: <461@morgoth.UUCP>
Reply-To: wnp@killer.UUCP (Wolf Paul)
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx
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In article <461@morgoth.UUCP> dmb@morgoth.UUCP writes:
> ...
>	2.  Are all the standard signals supported?  In particular,
>can you really stop and start jobs just like real Unix?  Is it a true
>multi-user system or some sort of approximation?
>

Well, the BSD v. ATT controversy rears its head again. Stopping and starting
jobs is a feature of Berkeley UNIX and not supported on most AT&T versions
(I heard that SV.3 ksh supports it, but nothing prior to that).

As far as I understand, Xenix supports all STANDARD signals, but "STOP"
is not a standard signal, and no, Xenix does not support it.

But it is true mult-tasking, multi-user, and you can put jobs in the background
by starting them with '&' on the commandline.

Wolf Paul
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