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From: chris@basservax.SUN (Chris Maltby)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: un-dedicating a line to a dialer
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Date: Tue, 17-Jan-84 13:53:09 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 17 13:53:09 1984
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 > If someone dials in and releases a long-running background job the
 > special file will be held open until the background job finishes (which
 > happens quite often on our system).  This will prevent locking mechanisms
 > like the above from working.  

A sensible system will send a HUP signal to the process group when its
leader dies, and unless the long-runner has been 'nohup'ed (and its
references to the terminal closed), it will die.