In Linux, what is the difference between a foreground job and a background job?
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In Linux, what is the difference between a foreground job and a background job?
In a foreground job, all of your input is directed to the process’s
stdin(including theSIGINTthat is generated when you pressCTRL-C, and that’s why you can still kill the process if it’s in the foreground).In a background job your input is directed to the shell process instead, and that is why you see the shell prompt and you can execute commands.