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causes the current foreground process group to stop and the user’s job control shell to resume. The job
control shell provides commands that continue stopped process groups in either the foreground or back-
ground. The terminal driver also stops a background process group when any member of the background
process group attempts to read from or write to the user’s terminal. This allows the user to finish or
suspend the foreground process group without interruption and continue the stopped background
process group at a more convenient time.
See stty (1), sh(1), and related shell entries for usage and installation details, and the shell entries plus
signal (2) and termio (7) for implementation details.
kernel
The HP-UX operating system. The kernel is the executable code responsible for managing the computer’s
resources, such as allocating memory, creating processes, and scheduling programs for execution. The
kernel resides in RAM (random access memory) whenever HP-UX is running.
LANG
An environment variable used to inform a computer process of the user’s requirements for native
language, local customs, and coded character set.
library
A file containing a set of subroutines and variables that can be accessed by user programs. Libraries can
be either archives or shared libraries. For example,
/usr/lib/libc.a
and /usr/lib/libc.sl are
libraries containings all functions of Section 2 and all functions of Section 3 that are marked (3C) and
(3S) in the HP-UX Reference . Similarly,
/usr/lib/libm.a
and /usr/lib/libm.sl are libraries
containing all functions in Section 3 that are marked (3M) in the HP-UX Reference . See intro (2) and
intro (3C).
LIF
See Logical Interchange Format.
line
A sequence of text characters consisting of zero or more nonnewline characters plus a terminating new-
line character.
link
Link is a synonym for directory entry. It is an object that associates a file name with any type of file.
The information constituting a link includes the name of the file and where the contents of that file can
be found on a mass storage medium. One physical file can have several links to it. Several directory
entries can associate names with a given file. If the links appear in different directories, the file may or
may not have the same name in each. However, if the links appear in one directory, each link must have
a unique name in that directory. Multiple links to directories are not allowed (except as created by a user
with appropriate privileges). See ln(1), link (2), unlink (2), and symbolic link.
Also, to prepare a program for execution; see linker.
link count
The number of directory entries that refer to a particular file.
linker
A program that combines one or more object programs into one program, searches libraries to resolve
user program references, and builds an executable file in
a.out format. This executable file is ready to
be executed through the program loader, exec (2). The linker is invoked with the ld(1) command. The
linker is often called a link editor.
local customs
The conventions of a geographical area or territory for such things as date, time and currency formats.
localization
The process of adapting existing software to meet the local language, customs, and character set require-
ments of a particular geographical area.
Logical Interchange Format (LIF)
A standard format for mass storage implemented on many Hewlett-Packard computers to aid in media
transportability. See lif (4) for more detail.
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