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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: "monthd" doesn't terminate
Keywords: month, exit, ultrix 1.2
Message-ID: <2299@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 24 Nov 88 14:48:24 GMT
References: <1252@leah.Albany.Edu> <416@tnosoes.UUCP>
Organization: SCADA
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In article <416@tnosoes.UUCP>, tom@tnosoes.UUCP (Tom Vijlbrief) writes:
> I posted a buggy fix for the not terminating monthd :-(  .

I think you just posted another one.

>  	return(kill(parent_pid, 0) < 0 && errno == ESRCH);/* Parent is gone */

> This one should work...

Unless you kicked month off in a subshell. I would recommend basing this
on the process group id (which is the process ID of your login shell) instead
of your parent. I don't understand the point of all these shenanigans, anyway,
since month catches that ol' signal 1 and terminates just fine.
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Disclaimer: My typos are my own damn business.   peter@ficc.uu.net