* Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04/05/06 21:00]: > Hi, > > On Thu, 4 May 2006 18:55:28 +0300 > Moshe Kaminsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Funny, I just tried the same, and it worked. It also didn't print any > > "after" (appropriately, since the sig handler includes 'exit'), and I > > didn't find any sleep process. Maybe it was from some different > > experiment? > > I don't think so. You probably sent the signal to the child process > (CTRL-C, perhaps?) and the script at once, not to the parent only. > > proper way would be to try it like this: > > ./test.sh & > # wait some short time > kill -TERM $! > > After that I see that the child process is still running.
You are right. I was using 'kill -TERM %1', which sends the signal to the whole group, I guess. Anyway, I just tried the analogous thing with perl, and it does work. I wonder what is the reasoning in the bash case. Moshe
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