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From: scm@dlcq15.datlog.co.uk (Steve Mawer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Bourne sh/subshell question
Message-ID: <1989Nov17.105828.2894@dlcq15.datlog.co.uk>
Date: 17 Nov 89 10:58:28 GMT
Organization: Data Logic Ltd, Financial Systems Division.
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I have a small problem with the following script:

---------------------SCRIPT STARTS----------
(
    echo subshell - $$
    sleep 10
) &
echo shell - $!
----------------------SCRIPT ENDS-----------

When run, it produces the following output:

$ sh script
subshell - 25654
shell - 25655
$

My question is twofold, firstly why aren't the two PIDs identical,
and secondly, as they're not, why is the PID of the last background
process 1 greater than the current process PID of the subshell?

E-mail replies for preference, I'll summarize if there's sufficient
interest.

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