SIGCONT
The signal that resumes a stopped process.
In more detail
SIGCONT undoes SIGSTOP or SIGTSTP. The shell sends it when you run fg or bg on a stopped job.
Example
kill -CONT 4321 resumes a process stopped with SIGSTOP.Related terms
- SIGSTOP — The signal that pauses a process; like SIGKILL, it cannot be caught or ignored.
- signal — A short notification the kernel delivers to a process, such as please stop or stop now.
- job control — The shell feature for managing the commands it started: listing them with jobs, and moving them between foreground and background with fg and bg.
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