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Subject:  Re: Bash.exe stays open after Putty is closed
Date:  Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:52:19 -0700
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NightStrike wrote:
> Killing putty with Alt-F4 is the same as losing connectivity, or putty 
> crashing (rare as that is), or any of several other scenarios where 
> there is abnormal termination. Does bash remain running under any 
> abnormal termination? If so, that's a bug. If not, what makes things 
> like connectivity loss different from closing putty with Alt-f4?
I agree, any cause of termination of the window should kill the children 
like bash. However, I'm curious, why are you using Putty instead of just 
ssh? I assume you mean Putty on Windows. If you have Cygwin why not 
simply do ssh <host>?
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