In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, job control refers to control of jobs by a shell, especially interactively, where a "job" is a shell's representation...
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Job control may refer to: Job control (computing), the control of multiple tasks or jobs on a computer system Job control (Unix), control of jobs by a...
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("unsolicited key-in"); background job streams (batch jobs). Job Control Basics Command language Job Control Language Job control (Unix) "Mainframe working after...
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Job Control Language (JCL) is a scripting language used on IBM mainframe operating systems to instruct the system on how to run a batch job or start a...
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Unix (/ˈjuːnɪks/ , YOO-niks; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T...
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The Unix philosophy, originated by Ken Thompson, is a set of cultural norms and philosophical approaches to minimalist, modular software development. It...
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Daemon (computing) (redirect from Unix daemon)
computing systems, the term daemon is used almost exclusively in the context of Unix-based systems. In other contexts, different terms are used for the same concept...
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by the operating system to control the execution of the system using shell scripts. Users typically interact with a Unix shell using a terminal emulator;...
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or job stream, a unit of work in a computer processing environment Job (Unix), a representation of a process group for process control in a Unix shell...
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Source Code Control System, the first UNIX revision control system, written by Marc J. Rochkind The remote job entry batch-submission system The PWB shell...
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as in Unix job control. Jobs can be started interactively, such as from a command line, or scheduled for non-interactive execution by a job scheduler...
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Batch processing (redirect from Batch job)
known as a job, but that term is used very ambiguously. "There is no direct counterpart to z/OS batch processing in PC or UNIX systems. Batch jobs are typically...
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List of POSIX commands (redirect from List of Unix utilities)
which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS). These commands are implemented in many shells on modern Unix, Unix-like and other operating systems...
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interactive command interpreter and command programming language developed for UNIX-like operating systems. Created in 1989 by Brian Fox for the GNU Project...
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Background process (section Background jobs in Unix)
started by Service Control Manager. In Windows Vista and later, they are run in a separate session.[citation needed] On a Unix or Unix-like system, a background...
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Darwin (operating system) (category Unix variants)
2.5 microkernel, BSD Unix 4.4 OS, and the Apache Web server components of Mac OS X Server. At the time, interim CEO Steve Jobs alluded to British naturalist...
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CUPS (redirect from Common Unix Printing System/Proposed baseline)
CUPS (formerly an acronym for Common UNIX Printing System) is a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems which allows a computer...
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as part of Version 5 Unix. According to Dennis Ritchie, the name is an allusion to the DD statement found in IBM's Job Control Language (JCL), where...
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JavaScript, JScript Job Control Language (JCL) Julia Lua m4 Perl (5 and Raku) PHP PowerShell Pure Python Rebol Red Rexx NetRexx Ruby Scheme Tcl Unix shell scripts...
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Bourne shell (category Unix shells)
computer operating systems. It first appeared on Version 7 Unix, as its default shell. Unix-like systems continue to have /bin/sh—which will be the Bourne...
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code, job execution sequences, simulated dynamic input from virtual consoles, and in general provide scripting capabilities reminiscent of the Unix grep...
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Signal (IPC) (redirect from Sigprocmask (Unix))
SIGSTOP or SIGTSTP signal. One important use of this signal is in job control in the Unix shell. SIGFPE The SIGFPE signal is sent to a process when an exceptional...
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In the Unix shells ksh, bash, fish and zsh, the disown builtin command is used to remove jobs from the job table, or to mark jobs so that a SIGHUP signal...
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KornShell (category Unix shells)
ISBN 978-0-201-67523-8. Natalie, Ron (2023-01-30). ""Job Control and other terminal fun"". From the TUHS ("The Unix Heritage Society") mailing list. Archived from...
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Shell script (redirect from Unix shell scripting)
A shell script is a computer program designed to be run by a Unix shell, a command-line interpreter. The various dialects of shell scripts are considered...
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At (command) (redirect from At (Unix command))
once. The command was developed for Unix and is available on Unix and Unix-like systems, Windows, and ReactOS. On Unix-like operating systems, at reads a...
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POSIX terminal interface (redirect from Controlling terminal)
and the Single Unix Specification. It is a historical development from the terminal interfaces of BSD version 4 and Seventh Edition Unix. A multiplicity...
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System V printing system (redirect from Lp (Unix))
subsystem of UNIX System V is one of several standardized systems for printing on Unix, and is typical of commercial System V-based Unix versions such...
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List of operating systems (section Unix or Unix-like)
v4 UNIX Time-Sharing System v5 UNIX Time-Sharing System v6 MINI-UNIX PWB/UNIX USG CB Unix UNIX Time-Sharing System v7 (It is from Version 7 Unix (and...
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Computer Systems Research Group (category Unix history)
enhancing AT&T Unix operating system and funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Professor Bob Fabry of Berkeley acquired a UNIX source license...
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