suspend — Shell Built-in Function to Halt the Current Shell

Synopsis

sh, csh, and ksh
suspend 

Description

Bourne and Korn Shell

Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

C Shell

Stop the shell in its tracks much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This function is most often used to stop shells started by su.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

Attribute Type Attribute Value
Availability SUNWcsu

See Also

csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5)

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