>> That's the basic idea, but I'm afraid it's a bit more complicated than >> that. The process is exposed even after it closes the terminal, since >> it doesn't relinquish the controlling terminal even after it closes >> the corresponding file descriptor (certainly if other processes have >> the terminal open -- even via an independent descriptor...
> Your use of `processes' means `processes in the same process group', right? No, unfortunately (if my memory is correct) it's any process, anywhere. This dates all the way back to a hack in 7th edition Unix, which didn't have process groups. As I dimly recall, it was a bit of a mess. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
