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<h3 class="section">27.6 Implementing a Job Control Shell</h3>
<p>This section describes what a shell must do to implement job control, by
presenting an extensive sample program to illustrate the concepts
involved.
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<li><a accesskey="1" href="Data-Structures.html#Data-Structures">Data Structures</a>: Introduction to the sample shell.
<li><a accesskey="2" href="Initializing-the-Shell.html#Initializing-the-Shell">Initializing the Shell</a>: What the shell must do to take
responsibility for job control.
<li><a accesskey="3" href="Launching-Jobs.html#Launching-Jobs">Launching Jobs</a>: Creating jobs to execute commands.
<li><a accesskey="4" href="Foreground-and-Background.html#Foreground-and-Background">Foreground and Background</a>: Putting a job in foreground of background.
<li><a accesskey="5" href="Stopped-and-Terminated-Jobs.html#Stopped-and-Terminated-Jobs">Stopped and Terminated Jobs</a>: Reporting job status.
<li><a accesskey="6" href="Continuing-Stopped-Jobs.html#Continuing-Stopped-Jobs">Continuing Stopped Jobs</a>: How to continue a stopped job in
the foreground or background.
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