Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:18441 comp.sys.hp:3052 comp.lang.c:22439 Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.sys.hp,comp.lang.c Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Job Control (a la csh/ksh) from within C Message-ID: <1989Oct3.153120.4750@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1719@zen.co.uk> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 89 15:31:20 GMT In article <1719@zen.co.uk> vic@zen.co.uk (Victor Gavin) writes: >...my understanding of how job control works is sadly lacking. >Can anyone point me towards a book/manual/paper which explains how to >control jobs *properly* from within a C program? Well, the *proper* way to control jobs is not to fool around with abominations like BSD job control, but to do something sensible like a window system that lets you interact with multiple processes without ornate kludges. However, that probably isn't what you wanted... -- Nature is blind; Man is merely | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology shortsighted (and improving). | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu