If you put something in the background does this mean it may also ignore interrpts?












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I know that you can kill the process by job ID or PID using PS or KIll. but if its in the background using '&' will sending an interrupt signal will it also kill that process or Job?










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      I know that you can kill the process by job ID or PID using PS or KIll. but if its in the background using '&' will sending an interrupt signal will it also kill that process or Job?










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      I know that you can kill the process by job ID or PID using PS or KIll. but if its in the background using '&' will sending an interrupt signal will it also kill that process or Job?







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          it the background just means the shell it not waiting for it to finish,
          it can still still receive signals, (such as SIGINT), use the kill command to send signals.






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            it can still still receive signals, (such as SIGINT), use the kill command to send signals.






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              it the background just means the shell it not waiting for it to finish,
              it can still still receive signals, (such as SIGINT), use the kill command to send signals.






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                it the background just means the shell it not waiting for it to finish,
                it can still still receive signals, (such as SIGINT), use the kill command to send signals.






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                it the background just means the shell it not waiting for it to finish,
                it can still still receive signals, (such as SIGINT), use the kill command to send signals.







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