Subject: Re: rxvt fails to kill shell when closed via the X button
From: Andrew DeFaria <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 10:04:15 -0700
Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin

Dylan Cuthbert wrote:

> If you search the archives you'll find this has been mentioned 
> already, andthat someone was already talking to the maintainer of rxvt 
> to try and fix it.
>
> Easiest way to show the problem, is type "sleep 24h" and then click 
> the X button.

I was just reporting back my experience. There is no need to type "sleep 
24h" - just click on the X button.

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> "Andrew DeFaria" <[email-masked]> wrote in message
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>> rxvt fails to kill the shell when you close your rxvt window via the X
>> (Close) button. This can be easily verified by starting a cmd, setting
>> SHELL (e.g. set SHELL=bash) then executing rxvt. Start Task Manager and
>> you'll see a bash process running. Now close the rxvt window using the X
>> (Close) button. Rxvt will go away. But bash will remain. And if you
>> attempt a shutdown of your Windows system you will get prompted to kill
>> these processes.
>>
>> (Not sure if this is the right place to post this).
>>
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