SIGSTOP

SIGSTOP refers to a signal for interrupting program processes on POSIX -compatible platforms . These can be continued with SIGCONT . The constant for SIGSTOP is defined in the header file . Symbolic signal designations are used because the signal numbers can differ depending on the platform. signal.h

etymology

SIG is usually used as a prefix for signals , while STOP stands for stop in the sense of interruption.

use

An interrupted process continues to consume memory ; interrupted processes can be recognized by a T in the output of ps . Besides SIGKILL, SIGSTOP is the only signal that cannot be intercepted.