Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!physiol!shocking
From: shocking@physiol.su.oz (Stephen Hocking)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: /etc/rc.2 and background processes
Summary: Try protecting it against sundry signals
Keywords: /etc/rc SysV
Message-ID: <393@physiol.su.oz>
Date: 13 Dec 88 12:52:23 GMT
References: <890@creare.UUCP>
Organization: Physiology Dept., Univ. of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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In article <890@creare.UUCP>, gda@creare.UUCP (Gray Abbott) writes:
> 
	[Much description about particular tasks deleted]


> Anyway, I'd like to know what's going on, and also how to make it do
> what I want.  Why does the background process die?  How can I prevent
> this?
> 
> 
> 					..dartvax!creare!gda

	Try using trap to catch sundry signals. It saves a lot of tears.
When I was wanting to do some thing similar, I had to protect it against
parent death style signals, forget the exact details now.


	Stephen


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