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Re: ‘command … &’ creates subshell
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: ‘command … &’ creates subshell |
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Wed, 01 Jul 2020 20:00:23 +0200 |
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On Jul 02 2020, Robert Elz wrote:
> POSIX says:
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> If command is specified, exec shall not return to the shell;
But it also says:
If command is not found, the exit status shall be 127. If command is
found, but it is not an executable utility, the exit status shall be
126.
And that's what bash does.
Andreas.
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