In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ariel Biener
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I was referring to something else completely, and thus this
> misunderstanding.
>
> To better explain.
>
> If you try backgrounding a process why it waits for input:
>
> host:~> ftp host
> ftp> ^Z
> Suspended
> host:~> bg
> [1] ftp ftp &
> host:~> <newline>
> [1] + Suspended (tty input) ftp ftp
> host:~> exit
> There are suspended jobs.
> host:~> kill -9 $$
Just remember, this has nothing to do with the kernel sending anyone
signals. A stupid process can continue trying to read from its
nonexistent terminal forever. This is an application issue, not a
system issue.
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