Re: [feature request] setpgid and setsid builtins

[Chet Ramey]

> > >   exec_with_timeout () {
> 
> > This code works for me without setpgid.
> 
> Only if you call it directly from a login shell in monitor mode. In
> this case the two background processes are effectively put in a
> separate process group.  This will not be the case otherwise, and you
> will not be able to kill eventual child processes.

If that's the only criterion, why don't you just turn on job control in
your script with `set -o monitor'?  It does the same thing.


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