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 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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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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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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UNIX-style pipelines: |; Subshells: ( ... ); Signaling as a means of inter-process communication using the trap builtin; Asynchronous execution: job_spec...
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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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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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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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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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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)
applications List of Unix daemons List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems Unix philosophy util-linux The Wikibook Guide to UNIX has a page...
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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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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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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))
in the future. On Unix-like operating systems, at reads a series of commands from standard input and collects them into one "at-job" which is carried...
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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), in which...
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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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Computer Systems Research Group (category Unix history)
enhancing AT&T Unix operating system and funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Professor Bob Fabry of Berkeley acquired a UNIX source license...
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Shell There are many variants of Unix shell: Bourne shell sh Almquist shell (ash) Debian Almquist shell (dash) Bash (Unix shell) bash KornShell ksh Z shell...
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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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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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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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Berkeley r-commands (redirect from Rcp (Unix))
computer programs designed to enable users of one Unix system to log in or issue commands to another Unix computer via TCP/IP computer network. The r-commands...
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Orphan process (section Unix-like)
process has finished or terminated, though it remains running itself. In a Unix-like operating system any orphaned process will be immediately adopted by...
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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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from Control Data Corporation, EOS highlighted the stability problems in developing stable operating systems for supercomputers and eventually a Unix-like...
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A job scheduler is a computer application for controlling unattended background program execution of jobs. This is commonly called batch scheduling, as...
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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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