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Break(V1.3) ARP User's Manual Break(V1.3)
NAME
Break - Send a signal to a background process.
SYNOPSIS
Break Process=T=Task/a A=ALL/s C/s D/s E/s F/s
DESCRIPTION
Many programs which run from the CLI will respond to the
typing of one of the control characters C D E or F. By far
the most common is control-C which usually causes a process
to terminate. If you execute a task in the background (by
using Run or ARun), you will not be able to send it a break
signal from the keyboard, and that is where Break comes in.
Once you know the CLI number of the process you wish to
signal (available immediately after you run the process or
by using the Status program), you can send one of these
control signals to the background process.
EXAMPLE
To send a control C to background process number 2:
Break 2 C or Break 2 (Break defaults to control C)
To send ALL control signals to background process number 3:
Break 3 C D E F or Break 3 ALL
CONSIDERATIONS
Not all programs respond to break requests.
SEE ALSO
Status
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