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- From: Kevin W. Hammond <hammond@kwhpc.caseng.com>
- Subject: Re: Killing background processes on logout
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.173354.19819@athena.mit.edu>
- Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
- Reply-To: hammond@kwhpc.caseng.com
- Organization: The Internet
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:33:54 GMT
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- Well, I stumbled into work this morning shaking my head and wondering what
- in the world have I let myself be duped by. Was Sun's csh really "bogus"
- and leaving background jobs up and running?
-
- Well I fired up OpenWindows ... and then it hit me. I do not ever recall
- "testing" this behavior outside of X. In a cmdtool, I fired up a second
- csh and ran a process in the background. I then exited the cmdtool and
- lo and behold, the background job was still running (isn't that cute :-)
-
- My best guess would be that when either X or the cmdtool exits, they are
- killing background processes.
-
- So, I stand (sit) corrected. I now fully share the belief that the csh does
- not kill background processes on exit. Thank you everyone for helping me
- to see the light! :-)
-
- -kwh-
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- Kevin W. Hammond
- hammond@kwhpc.caseng.com
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