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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Daemon (computing) (redirect from Unix daemon)
process from any controlling terminal (tty). Such procedures are often implemented in various convenience routines such as daemon(3) in Unix. Systems often...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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it operates at a high level of abstraction, or as a control language, particularly for job control languages on mainframes. The term scripting language...
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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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List of POSIX commands (redirect from List of Unix utilities)
1-2024, which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS). These commands are commonly implemented in Unix and Unix-like shells and many are available...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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alternative to UNIX System III and V. Many contributions to Unix first appeared in BSD releases, notably the C shell with job control (modelled on ITS)...
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typically by cron job) to provide a faster method of searching the entire file system for files by name. find appeared in Version 5 Unix as part of the Programmer's...
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