* Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02/05/06 16:00]: > parent.sh > #!/bin/bash > <do something> > /path/to/child.sh > <do something else> > > When parent.sh receives a TERM signal, I would like child.sh to receive > TERM also, and then parent.sh receive TERM. > The <do something else> part is why I can't use "exec /path/to/child.sh". Is > there some way to achieve this?
You can use 'kill 0' to send a signal to your own process group. Something like this: #!/bin/sh trap 'kill 0;exit' TERM echo "before" ( sleep 30; echo inside ) echo "after" Note that you can also send the signal with the negative of the pid, and then it goes to the whole process group. Moshe > > -- > Jorge Almeida > -- > [email protected] mailing list > -- I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. -- Douglas Adams Moshe Kaminsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home: 08-9456841
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