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Subject:  Re: bash, rxvt and interactive shells not exiting as expected
Date:  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:39:16 +0100
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Dave Korn wrote:
> On 19 December 2006 23:43, Jason Curl wrote:
> 
>> Now, AFAICT rxvt should be starting bash as a login shell in interactive
>> mode. When I close the window from RXVT, a SIGHUP should be sent to
>> bash, and according to the manpages from bash this should also cause
>> SIGHUPs to all the other processes (e.g. effectively stopping everything
>> from "log.sh"). I've also tried setting "shopt -s huponexit" but this
>> doesn't have the effect I need.
>>
>> Instead, what I see is that after the RXVT shell is closed, there are
>> still at least the first two processes that were started in the
>> background are still running! I had expected them to quit.
>>
>> Any ideas?
> 
>   See this thread:
> 
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Re%3A+Bash+process+remains+after+I+close+rxvt
> +in+certain+ways&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&cli
> ent=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official

Yep - read through that just now. I'm supposedly running a patched 
version of rxvt (rxvt-20050409-4) that contains some adjustments for the 
zombie bash.

> 
> particularly http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-12/msg00211.html
> 
>   Dunno if the test version is out yet.  Haven't looked.
> 
> 
>     cheers,
>       DaveK


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