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From: david@utzoo.UUCP (David Trueman)
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Subject: nohup(1) traps interrupts 
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Date: Mon, 9-Jul-84 14:47:39 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  9 14:47:39 1984
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Nohup(1) now traps interrupts, removing lock files if an interrupt is caught.
This deals with the situation where a person might invoke nohup without the
ampersand, then, realizing their error, hit interrupt.  Previously, the
process would die, but leave its lock files around.
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				David Trueman @ U of Toronto Zoology
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