On 12/28/11 5:57 PM, Philip wrote:
> So without job control bash might (I know, we don't know for sure)
> send the SIGHUP to all processes started in the shell, whether child
> by definition or not?
No, it doesn't.
> Shouldn't the -i flag enable job control by the way?
Yes, and it does. The problem is that bash inappropriately turns job
control off if -i is supplied with a shell script. I've attached a
patch that fixes that.
Chet
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*** ../bash-4.2-patched/shell.c 2011-01-02 16:04:51.000000000 -0500
--- shell.c 2011-12-29 09:18:52.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 1620,1624 ****
no_line_editing = 1;
#if defined (JOB_CONTROL)
! set_job_control (0);
#endif /* JOB_CONTROL */
}
--- 1620,1626 ----
no_line_editing = 1;
#if defined (JOB_CONTROL)
! /* Even if the shell is not interactive, enable job control if the -i or
! -m option is supplied at startup. */
! set_job_control (forced_interactive||jobs_m_flag);
#endif /* JOB_CONTROL */
}
