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From: paquette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Unix
Summary: updates?
Keywords: job control?
Message-ID: <323@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 88 16:40:16 GMT
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In article <5495@cbmvax.UUCP>, ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) writes:
> In article <312@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> paquette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette) writes:
> [ about Amiga Unix ]
 ......
> > 2) VERY IMPORTANT. Does it support job control? Ie can I throw a job
> >    into the background and then recall it later with 'fg'? Can I
> >    suspend a job (ala '^Z') and then push it to the background?
> 
> System V has this stuff called "shell layers", which, I suppose,
> is The Next Best Thing to Being There.  Yes, you can hit ^Z, but
 .......
> Apparrently, even AT&T admits that "shell layers" is no substitute
> for real job control, because they will have real csh-style job
> control in SysV release 4, whenever that comes out (late 1989).
> 
   When it is released what will the update policy be for it? (Read: will
it be available on the Amiga?)
   I work on Sun workstations all the time and even though they are 
windowed (which I might add I think is the best developement envirionment
around) I still find myself throwing jobs in the background, bringing them
back.. excuting more jobs in the same window.. etc.. I find it
hard to believe that so many people out there can do without a
multi-tasking/processing environment.

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