Stopping a background job

To stop a background job, use the kill command with the STOP signal and the job identifier preceded with a %.

Examples::

  1. In the z/OS® shell, to stop a background job with the job identifier 3, issue:
    kill -s -STOP %3
  2. In the tcsh shell, to stop a background job with the job identifier 3, issue:
    kill -STOP %3