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Date:	Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:13:11 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Ctrl-Z fails to suspend Windows programs
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On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 03:37:05PM +0300, Jani tiainen wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 09:58:16AM +0100, John Cooper wrote:
>>>Is it a known limitation that "native" Windows programs cannot be
>>>suspended?
>>
>>Yes.  Window programs do not understand cygwin signals.
>
>Thats true for cygwin part.  Native programs still can be
>suspended/resumed but not by cygwin (or shell that is running and
>waiting finishing of active process).

It is true for any part that Windows programs do not understand cygwin
signals.

There is no way to reliably suspend a Windows programs.
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