In article <1992Mar23.074606.12143@athena.mit.edu> PSYXSGP@otago.ac.nz writes:
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>Does Linux support job control commands like bg, fg, job etc.
>I'm not a Unix guru so excuse me if this is a silly question.
>I wonder if such commands are a function of the kernel ..
>or of the shell
>Stephen Pearce, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
>


This is a function of the shell.  BASH supports job control, ash
(the distribution shell) does not.