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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Another PID ? Post 302230472 by Ikon on Friday 29th of August 2008 05:59:37 PM
Old 08-29-2008
Believe you can check the following vars..

$$ = The PID number of the process executing (this might return the PID of that script not the parent, I dont remember)

I havnt tried it, but I think it would work.

or

you can call it from a.ksh and pass a param to b.ksh and check for that param

Here is how to get the Parent id: https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...shell-pid.html
 

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suspend

suspend(1)                                                         User Commands                                                        suspend(1)

NAME

       suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       suspend

   csh
       suspend

   ksh
       suspend

DESCRIPTION

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

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

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

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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