The state of threads

Threads can be in one of three different states:

executing

commands within the thread are being executed in sequence

suspended

system and window threads can be suspended until a specified condition is satisfied, or the thread receives a signal terminating it

waiting

the thread is waiting for a program to run. While waiting, it cannot receive any signals until the thread is unblocked. A thread is also blocked by a sleep command, by internal commands such as for_info and gti that wait for the user, and by running a pipeline.

See also:

• for_info, gti, and sleep in the deskcommands(XC) manual page