X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:56:47 +0300 From: "Dmitry Semyonov" To: Michael@hipp.com, cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Bash process hangs around forever after ssh disconnect In-Reply-To: <4928624D.8090800@Hipp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4928624D.8090800@Hipp.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Michael, On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 22:49, Michael Hipp wrote: > I'm logging in to a W2k server via cygwin sshd and using Putty as my > terminal emulator. If my ssh connection gets dropped for any reason the > bash.exe process on the host just stays there forever. Also, anything I was > running in bash (e.g. vim) will stay there forever. > > Anything that can be done about this? 1. Use reliable connection. 2. Gracefully close all started applications and shell instead of pressing Alt-F4 or 'x' icon in PuTTY. 3. If #1 is not an option, then either 3.a. use 'screen' from the beginning, reconnect to your session after connection drop, and follow #2; or 3.b. reconnect to the server after connection drop, and kill all previously started applications. Note that I've never tried (3.a) in Cygwin. -- ...Bye..Dmitry. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/