Re: "wait" loses signals

[Harald van Dijk]

On 20/02/2020 01:55, Robert Elz wrote:
>      Date:        Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:53:56 +0000
>      From:        Harald van Dijk <harald@gigawatt.nl>
>      Message-ID:  <9b9d435b-3d2f-99bd-eb3d-4a676ce8927d@gigawatt.nl>
>
>
>    | POSIX says in the description of the trap command "Otherwise, the
>    | argument action shall be read and executed by the shell when one of the
>    | corresponding conditions arises." Because it says "when", not "after",
>    | if interpreted literally, it does not even allow waiting until the
>    | current command finishes executing.
>
> You need to look at XCU 2.11 not just the description of the trap command
> itself.

Ah, thanks, that makes an exception for when the shell is waiting for a 
command to complete. It's the same as what bash documents. In that case, 
I think we can interpret the "when" in the description of the trap 
command literally except when 2.11 overrides it.

Cheers,
Harald van Dijk