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Re: signal propogation to backgrounded subshells
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Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
Re: signal propogation to backgrounded subshells |
Date: |
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:25:59 +0100 |
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Jeff Weber <jweber@amsuper.com> writes:
> 1) since the background job is started by one non-interactive script, and
> killed by another non-interactive script, job control does not enter into the
> solution.
Without job control you won't get a separate process group. Interactivity
and job control are orthogonal concepts.
> If the process group of the background job could be returned or queried when
> the background job is launched,
That's what $! is for.
> Please let me know if I am misunderstanding, and thanks for your help.
Don't top post.
Andreas.
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