NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/unix/shell/3464

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From: [e-mail] (Corrado Giacomini)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: How to return a job in foreground from shell script
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Date: 12 Aug 92 14:16:29 GMT
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I need to write a script which has to put a job in background,
susped the execution of the job,  continue the job execution in
background, and finally quit it.
What i tryed is this:
pgm  &
/bin/ps -e | grep "pgm" | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs kill -TSTP
/bin/ps -e | grep "pgm" | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs kill -CONT
/bin/ps -e | grep "pgm" | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs kill -QUIT

but  what I got  is only a stopped job,  the QUIT signal then
quit the job and produces a core ??
Is there a way for example to place for example the job in
foreground from shell script like using  fg command ?

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