Control of the currently running process is covered under Current Process Control - control of the currently running process, longjmp, wait, sleep, argument processing

Process Signals and Events - Sending and handling signals and events.

See also: Running Process Information - Getting information on running processes.

at, batch, atq, atrm(1) - queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution {oss}

wait(1) - await process completion {oss}

crontab(1) - maintain crontab files for individual users (V3) {oss}

kill(1) - terminate or signal a process {oss}

nice(1) - execute a utility with an altered scheduling priority {oss}

nohup(1) - invoke a command immune to hangups {oss}

atrun(8) - run jobs queued for later execution {oss}

cron(8) - daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron) {oss}

sudo(8) - execute a command as the superuser {oss}

renice(8) - alter priority of running processes {oss}

Applications and Utilities

kill (2) - send signal to a process {oss}

killpg (3) - send signal to a process group {oss}

execl execlp execle exect execv execvp (3) - execute a file {oss}

execve (2) - execute a file {oss}

system (3) - pass a command to the shell {oss}

popen pclose (3) - process I/O {oss}

fork (2) - create a new process {oss}

wait waitpid wait4 wait3 (2) - wait for process termination {oss}

Libraries and Functions

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See also: Remote Process Creation and Control - Methods of starting and controlling processes remotely. (telnet, login, rexec, et al.)

See also: Local Process Communication - Communication between processes running on the same system. Synchronization. File locking. Signals. FIFOs, pipes, et al

See also: Command Shells and Scripting Languages

See also: Debugging and Tracing - (utilities, system and library calls which support debugging and tracing)

See also: Process Limits - Permission and access restriction (files, resources, etc)

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