Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sco!brianm
From: brianm@sco.COM (Brian Moffet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Unix
Keywords: job control?
Message-ID: <1954@scolex>
Date: 20 Dec 88 17:59:32 GMT
References: <312@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> <5495@cbmvax.UUCP> <323@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
Reply-To: brianm@sco.COM (Brian Moffet)
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
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In article <323@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> paquette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette) writes:
-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
-> 
-> 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
-
-   When it is released what will the update policy be for it? (Read: will
-it be available on the Amiga?)

One thing to note.  If the Unix which will be on the may will
be POSIX conformant, then it just might have real Job Control.

Take a look at POSIX spec 1003.1.  There is a section
on Job control.  Just a minute, I'll check if it is mandatory....
Sorry, only optional per 2.3.

However, this is one of the good things about POSIX, so
maybe, just maybe, they'll get it in.

brian moffet
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