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how to block a process for certain time in ubuntu 13.04

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I am running a automatic incremental backup in network, at that time if thunderbird is running on client computer then backup is not completed that's why i need to know if there is any command to block a process for certain time for example thunderbird etc.

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answered 2 Years ago donurp · Accepted Answer

You can send the SIGSTOP signal to any process and that process will stop execution, this signal can't be ignored by the process. To send the signal by PID of the process run:

kill -STOP THE_PID_OF_THUNDERBIRD

To send the signal to every process running a specified command, e.g. thunderbird, use this :

killall -STOP thunderbird

To allow the process to continue execution just send the process the SIGCONT signal:

kill -CONT THE_PID_OF_THUNDERBIRD

or

killall -CONT thunderbird