dhold
Holds threads or processes
Format
Holds processes
dhold -process
Holds threads
dhold -thread
Arguments
-process
Holds processes in the current focus. Can be abbreviated to -p.
-thread
Holds threads in the current focus. Can be abbreviated to -t.
Description
The dhold command holds the threads or processes in the current focus. With "-thread", the threads in the thread of interest (TOI) are held. With "-process", the processes in the focus set are held.
NOTE >> You cannot hold system manager threads. In all cases, holding threads that aren’t part of your program always involves some risk.
Command alias
Alias | Definition | Description |
hp | {dhold -process} | Holds the focus process |
HP | {f g dhold -process} | Holds all processes in the focus group |
ht | {f t dhold -thread} | Holds the focus thread |
HT | {f g dhold -thread} | Holds all threads in the focus group |
htp | {f p dhold -thread} | Holds all threads in the focus process |
Examples
f W HT
Holds all worker threads in the focus group.
f s HP
Holds all processes in the share group.
f $mygroup/ HP
Holds all processes in the group identified by the contents of mygroup.
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