In Unix shells, wait is a command which pauses until execution of a background process has ended. wait [n...] where n... is a list of pids or job IDs...
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1970, the Unix epoch. For example, at midnight on 1 January 2010, Unix time was 1262304000. Unix time originated as the system time of Unix operating...
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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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Research Unix refers to the early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed in...
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Load (computing) (redirect from Unix load average)
using or waiting for CPU (the ready queue or run queue) increments the load number by 1. Each process that terminates decrements it by 1. Most UNIX systems...
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Sleep (command) (redirect from Sleep (Unix command))
In computing, sleep is a command in Unix, Unix-like and other operating systems that suspends program execution for a specified time. The sleep instruction...
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Fork (system call) (redirect from Fork (Unix))
In computing, particularly in the context of the Unix operating system and its workalikes, fork is an operation whereby a process creates a copy of itself...
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In computing, time is a command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is used to determine the duration of execution of a particular command. time(1)...
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Cron (redirect from Crontab (Unix command))
The cron command-line utility is a job scheduler on Unix-like operating systems. Users who set up and maintain software environments use cron to schedule...
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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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database of quotations. Early versions of the program appeared in Version 7 Unix in 1979. The most common version on modern systems is the BSD fortune, originally...
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Netstat (redirect from Netstat (Unix))
interface) and network protocol statistics. It is available on Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems including macOS, Linux, Solaris and...
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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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File descriptor (category Unix file system technology)
In Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a file descriptor (FD, less frequently fildes) is a process-unique identifier (handle) for a file or...
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processing methods". nginx.org. poll – System Interfaces Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 5 from The Open Group man-pages for poll(2) in FreeBSD...
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have a higher risk of major data loss. The term is largely specific to Unix and Unix-like systems. The equivalent on Microsoft Windows operating systems...
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The Unix file system (UFS) is a family of file systems supported by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is a distant descendant of the original...
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Signal (IPC) (redirect from Sigprocmask (Unix))
limited form of inter-process communication (IPC), typically used in Unix, Unix-like, and other POSIX-compliant operating systems. A signal is an asynchronous...
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Talk (software) (redirect from Unix talk)
talk is a Unix text chat program, originally allowing messaging only between the users logged on to one multi-user computer—but later extended to allow...
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Iostat (redirect from Iostat (Unix))
the system was last rebooted. The iostat tool is available on most Unix and Unix-like operating systems, such as FreeBSD, macOS (com.apple.pkg.Core package)...
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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (redirect from Unix FHS)
used for the layout of Unix-like systems. It has been made popular by its use in Linux distributions, but it is used by other Unix-like systems as well...
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type void. In Unix and other POSIX-compatible systems, the parent process can retrieve the exit status of a child process using the wait() family of system...
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POSIX (redirect from Sys/wait.h)
utility interfaces, for software compatibility (portability) with variants of Unix and other operating systems. POSIX is also a trademark of the IEEE. POSIX...
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In most Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the ps (process status) program displays the currently-running processes. The related Unix utility top provides...
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Thompson shell (redirect from Original Unix shell)
The Thompson shell was the first Unix shell, introduced in the first version of Unix in 1971, and was written by Ken Thompson. It was a simple command...
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h – Base Definitions Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 5 from The Open Group wait(2): wait for process to change state – Linux Programmer's...
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Anonymous pipe (section Unix)
systems, from Unix and DOS onwards, and are created using the "|" character in many shells. Pipelines are an important part of many traditional Unix applications...
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STREAMS (redirect from UNIX System V STREAMS)
In computer networking, STREAMS is the native framework in Unix System V for implementing character device drivers, network protocols, and inter-process...
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On Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution (via the exit system call)...
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Sigaction (redirect from Sigaction (Unix))
what a program's behavior should be when receiving specific OS signals. In Unix-like operating systems, one means of inter-process communication is through...
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