On 12/28/11 5:57 PM, Philip wrote: > So without job control bash might (I know, we don't know for sure) > send the SIGHUP to all processes started in the shell, whether child > by definition or not?
No, it doesn't. > Shouldn't the -i flag enable job control by the way? Yes, and it does. The problem is that bash inappropriately turns job control off if -i is supplied with a shell script. I've attached a patch that fixes that. Chet -- ``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/
*** ../bash-4.2-patched/shell.c 2011-01-02 16:04:51.000000000 -0500 --- shell.c 2011-12-29 09:18:52.000000000 -0500 *************** *** 1620,1624 **** no_line_editing = 1; #if defined (JOB_CONTROL) ! set_job_control (0); #endif /* JOB_CONTROL */ } --- 1620,1626 ---- no_line_editing = 1; #if defined (JOB_CONTROL) ! /* Even if the shell is not interactive, enable job control if the -i or ! -m option is supplied at startup. */ ! set_job_control (forced_interactive||jobs_m_flag); #endif /* JOB_CONTROL */ }