suspend — Send a SIGSTOP to the current shell

Format

suspend

tcsh shell: suspend

Description

suspend is an alias for stop $$, where stop is an alias of kill –STOP and $$ expands to the current process of the shell. suspend sends a SIGSTOP to the current shell.

See kill — End a process or job, or send it a signal for more information.

In the tcsch shell, suspend causes the tcsh shell to stop in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. See tcsh — Invoke a C shell.

Related information

kill, sh, tcsh