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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!cs.uiuc.edu!schwager
  3. From: schwager@mike.cs.uiuc.edu (Mike Schwager)
  4. Subject: Exiting ksh with a running job
  5. Message-ID: <C0rqtK.ru@cs.uiuc.edu>
  6. Sender: news@cs.uiuc.edu
  7. Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
  8. Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 01:29:44 GMT
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  11.  
  12. Howdy,
  13. Quick question:  why won't ksh let me exit if I have a job running thusly:
  14.  
  15.      command > /dev/null 2>1 &
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  17. I should say, I can exit but it will kill the job!  Can I get ksh to be
  18. more kind?
  19. Thanks
  20. -Mike
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