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Newer page: version 2 Last edited on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 1:33:23 am by PerryLorier
Older page: version 1 Last edited on Friday, September 27, 2002 9:17:57 am by PerryLorier Revert
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 !!!Signal: Continue 
  
 This signal causes a process to continue from a previous [SIGSTOP]. In contrast to [SIGSTOP], [SIGCONT] can be caught. 
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+This signal can be generated by the kernel if the ProcessGroup that this process is a member of becomes and orphan.  
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+the fg(1) and bg(1) commands of the shell usually send a [SIGCONT] to a process.