> Okay. Bash does not crash. It exits, probably just fine. It was a bit hard > to see that when running the commands in gnome-terminal, because the window > closed immediately. Just as you suggested, it was split into several > commands with the ampersand. I've broken down the case into executing the > following three commands: > > o...@laptop:~$ wget http://www.google.com & unknowncommand & > variable=assignment > > I don't understand why bash exits, and if this really is the defined > behavior. Maybe you can explain?
It's hard for me to explain that, since I can't reproduce it: $ ./bash $ echo $$ 23573 $ echo $BASH_VERSION 3.2.50(4)-release $ cat /etc/debian_version lenny/sid $ wget http://www.google.com & unknowncommand & variable=assignment --09:08:43-- http://www.google.com/ => `index.html.1' Resolving www.google.com... [1] 23596 [2] 23597 bash: unknowncommand: command not found [2]+ Exit 127 unknowncommand $ 74.125.95.147, 74.125.95.104, 74.125.95.103, ... Connecting to www.google.com|74.125.95.147|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/html] [ <=> ] 5,024 --.--K/s 09:08:43 (73.67 MB/s) - `index.html.1' saved [5024] [1]+ Done wget http://www.google.com $ echo $$ 23573 $ echo $variable assignment $ -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
