Re: Question about job control in non-interactive shells

Hi Michael, Michael Welsh Duggan wrote: > I am trying to determine why: > > dash -c "sleep 5 & kill %1" > > results in: > > dash: 1: kill: No such process You are probably looking for the -m option. Thanks for writing, and hope that helps, Jonathan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Question about job control in non-interactive shells

I am trying to determine why: dash -c "sleep 5 & kill %1" results in: dash: 1: kill: No such process whereas from an interactive dash sleep 5 & kill %1 seems to do exactly what it should. Any hints? -- Michael Welsh Duggan (m...@cert.org) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the li