Re: [TCLUG:7616] Root Process Control [was Re: [TCLUG:7556]]

[Christopher Reid Palmer <reid@pconline.com>]

Michael Hicks wrote:
> 
> > I have several processes that run in the background on the system, but
> > I'd like to suspend them when making unattended backups every night.  I
> > so far have not been able to find the way to do this -- I can't even do
> > this manually as root.  What do others do as far as suspending processes
> > and resuming them for backups??
> 
> Have you tried 'kill -STOP <pid>; <run backup>; kill -CONT <pid>'?
> (or the variation: 'killall -STOP <processname>; <run backup>; killall -CONT
> <processname>)

You beat me to it, Mike. Ben, also check 'man 7 signal', where these are
laid out and defined.


-- Chris

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