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Send yourself SIGTSTP to take the user back to a shell, 'fg' to resume
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sigtstp.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os, signal
print "About to pause myself, do 'fg' to resume"
os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGTSTP)
print "Resumed!"
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