Questions about Bash/Perl signals/process names

[computer_freak_8]

I just have a couple questions on how to accomplish what I'm trying to do, both in Bash and in Perl.

1. I would like to know how to specify the process name (that would be used by killall) of the script.
2. I would like to know what command I could put in the script to effectively "pause" it, and also what signal I would need to pass to the script to have it "resume" from the pausing command.

I'm trying to accomplish both things with Bash and both things with Perl.

[the_ultimate_samurai]

well i dont know much about perl, but for for killall its pretty simple just killall <mane of process>
for instance say im running a program called foo.bar i would say killall foo.bar
if i wanted to send a certain signal (say SIGINT) i would use killall -s INT foo.bar

killall can also kill a bunch of processes, so say i have foo.bar foo.this foo.that. and foo.theotherthing i can say kill foo, and kill all those foos.

to stop one simply send it SIGSTOP and resume is SIGCONT

hope that helps

[computer_freak_8]

killall can also kill a bunch of processes, so say i have foo.bar foo.this foo.that. and foo.theotherthing i can say kill foo, and kill all those foos.

to stop one simply send it SIGSTOP and resume is SIGCONT

Okay, but is there a way to specify what process name a script will use when it is run? Also, is there a way for the script to SIGSTOP itself?

[the_ultimate_samurai]

the name of the process is the name of the application you ran.

so suppose i compile a program foo.cpp into an executable foo.bar, i run foo.bar, now if i killall foo.bar..that executable is killed.

if you made test.sh and ran it, you can kill it with killall test.sh
and yes, it can stop itself (though...you coulda just made a shell like i did in a couple seconds and tested that yourself.)

[computer_freak_8]

the name of the process is the name of the application you ran.

so suppose i compile a program foo.cpp into an executable foo.bar, i run foo.bar, now if i killall foo.bar..that executable is killed.

if you made test.sh and ran it, you can kill it with killall test.sh
and yes, it can stop itself (though...you coulda just made a shell like i did in a couple seconds and tested that yourself.)

Ah, I get it; thanks! So, I just name the script whatever I want to be used by killall, and then for script test.sh, I would add a line in it like "killall -s SIGSTOP test.sh", and then I can resume it from another script by "killall -s SIGCONT test.sh". I think I understand this now. Thanks!