I have to copy files on a machine. And the data is immensely large. Now servers need to serve normally, and there are usually a particular range of busy hours on those.
So is there a way to run such commands in a way that if server hits busy hours, it pauses process, and when it gets out of that range, it resumes it?
Intended-Result
cp src dst
if time between 9:00-14:00 pause process
After 14:00 resume cp command.
Best Answer
Yes, you need to acquire the process id of the process to pause (via the
ps
command), then do:The process will then show up with Status "T" (in
ps
).To continue, do a: