On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 08:09 , Chas Owens wrote: [..] > The daemon should not come down until all of its children are finished. > That is why you need intercept SIGTERM. [..]
technically the correct structure for RFC compiance is The daemon MUST NOT come down until all of its children have finished and exited. 'must not' is more declarative than 'should' as to 'responsibility. If the coder breeds children - they must be reaped. SysAdmins are Allowed to Fire Volley's of Shot, and shell, at coders who fail on this point.... ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]