bash 1.04: backgrounding subshells

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2 total messages Started by Robert Lupton Fri, 09 Feb 1990 06:27

#1153

Author: Robert Lupton
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 06:27

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If I say
bash> ( cd foo ; make bar ) &
I get a job number (say [2]), and then immediately a message that
%2 has finished. But this means that the cd has finished (I think),
anyway the make is still happily running (as shown by a ps x). I
think that this is a bug.

			Robert
			
(Vax 8600 running Ultrix 3.1, compiled with cc)

bash 1.04: backgrounding subshells

#1163

Author: Brian Fox
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 19:39

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   Date: 9 Feb 90 06:27:09 GMT
   From: uhccux!lupton@munnari.oz.au  (Robert Lupton)
   Organization: University of Hawaii
   Sender: bug-bash-request@prep.ai.mit.edu

   If I say
   bash> ( cd foo ; make bar ) &
   I get a job number (say [2]), and then immediately a message that
   %2 has finished. But this means that the cd has finished (I think),
   anyway the make is still happily running (as shown by a ps x). I
   think that this is a bug.

			   Robert

   (Vax 8600 running Ultrix 3.1, compiled with cc)

Fixed in 1.05.

Brian

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