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- A command, with or without arguments, executed in the background using &.
- For simplicity, assume that if present the & is always the last thing on the line.
- Example: vi &
- Details: In this case, your shell must execute the command and return immediately, not
- blocking until the command finishes. The distinction must be made between
- backgrounding a process that does not need interactive input and one that does, e.g., the
- who command vs. the vi command.
- Concepts: Background execution, signals, signal handlers, process groups, asynchronous
- execution.
- System calls: sigset(), sigaction()
- Signals: SIGTTOU
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