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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Getting HUPed
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Date: 20 Mar 91 21:49:15 GMT
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In article <53767@mirror.tmc.com> kiyun@mirror.tmc.com (KiYun Roe) writes:
>    trap "rm -f /tmp/p$$.* ; exit" 0 1 2 13 15
>
>... but it's forking like crazy,

Isn't this when you have to do this:

	trap "rm -f /tmp/p$$.* ; trap 0; exit" 0 1 2 13 15

If 0 is trapped when you try to exit, you trap, and so on ...

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT speak for IBM.          IBM VNET: PAULCC AT AUSTIN
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