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Start-process seems to kill off child processes of which have been put into the background. Create a small shell script "bgtest": #!/bin/sh sleep 121 & exit 0 and now (start-process "BGTEST" nil "bgtest") Notice that the sleep process has been killed, rather than waited on. Is this the intended behavior? Any thoughts for preventing it (other than modifying the script, which I don't control)? 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Smith <==> http://tir.astro.utoledo.edu/jdsmith Ritter Observatory, MS 113 <==> 419-530-8528 University of Toledo <==> 419-530-5167 Toledo, OH 43606 <==> From unknown Tue Jun 24 13:55:32 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#3608: BG processes killed by start-process Resent-From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:20:15 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 3608 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: JD Smith Cc: 3608@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 3608-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B3608.131624041317876 (code B ref 3608); Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:20:15 +0000 Received: (at 3608) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Sep 2011 06:20:13 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R4oG4-0004e4-Nd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:20:13 -0400 Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R4oFf-0004c1-Hu for 3608@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:19:56 -0400 Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R4oAu-0002lG-NH; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:14:52 +0200 From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen In-Reply-To: <8D1E7569-9805-41CC-BB22-73FEDD276971@gmail.com> (JD Smith's message of "Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:03:41 -0400") Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:10:59 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8D1E7569-9805-41CC-BB22-73FEDD276971@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Now-Playing: Ikonika's _Contact, Love, Want, Have_: "Red Marker Page (Good Ending)" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-MailScanner-ID: 1R4oAu-0002lG-NH X-Netfonds-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Netfonds-MailScanner-From: larsi@gnus.org MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1316844893.3784@op7GLIqjIYk1pti38GmGRA X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -2.7 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.7 (--) JD Smith writes: > Start-process seems to kill off child processes of which have been put > into the background. > > Create a small shell script "bgtest": > > #!/bin/sh > sleep 121 & > exit 0 > > and now > > (start-process "BGTEST" nil "bgtest") > > Notice that the sleep process has been killed, rather than waited on. > > Is this the intended behavior? Any thoughts for preventing it (other > than modifying the script, which I don't control)? I'm unable to reproduce this bug in Emacs 24: (setq a (start-process "BGTEST" nil "/tmp/bgtest")) => # (process-status a) => exit Do you still see this bug in a current Emacs? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/ From unknown Tue Jun 24 13:55:32 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.427 (Entity 5.427) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: JD Smith Subject: bug#3608: closed (Re: bug#3608: BG processes killed by start-process) Message-ID: References: <8D1E7569-9805-41CC-BB22-73FEDD276971@gmail.com> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 3608 X-Gnu-PR-Package: emacs Reply-To: 3608@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:04:05 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1316243045-31721-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1316243045-31721-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #3608: BG processes killed by start-process which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 3608@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 3608: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D3608 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1316243045-31721-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 3608-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Sep 2011 07:03:10 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R4ovd-0008EB-FW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:03:10 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R4ovX-0008E1-Mf for 3608-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:03:06 -0400 Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 969F6188B592; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:58:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: r/w7kfa7BMZAsdHDoIceQiX58D4rLhxLAkxKNNhVmps= Received: from linux.local (ppp-88-217-112-131.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.112.131]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5AFAC1C001B2; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:58:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: by linux.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7838F14E09F; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:58:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Schwab To: JD Smith Subject: Re: bug#3608: BG processes killed by start-process References: <8D1E7569-9805-41CC-BB22-73FEDD276971@gmail.com> X-Yow: I just had my entire INTESTINAL TRACT coated with TEFLON! Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:58:18 +0200 In-Reply-To: <8D1E7569-9805-41CC-BB22-73FEDD276971@gmail.com> (JD Smith's message of "Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:03:41 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 3608-done Cc: 3608-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) JD Smith writes: > Start-process seems to kill off child processes of which have been put > into the background. > > Create a small shell script "bgtest": > > #!/bin/sh > sleep 121 & > exit 0 > > and now > > (start-process "BGTEST" nil "bgtest") > > Notice that the sleep process has been killed, rather than waited on. That's not a bug. The session created for the process is closed when the process exits, which causes the kernel to send SIGHUP to all remaining processes in the session. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." ------------=_1316243045-31721-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 18 Jun 2009 18:03:56 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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Start-process seems to kill off child processes of which have been put into the background. Create a small shell script "bgtest": #!/bin/sh sleep 121 & exit 0 and now (start-process "BGTEST" nil "bgtest") Notice that the sleep process has been killed, rather than waited on. Is this the intended behavior? Any thoughts for preventing it (other than modifying the script, which I don't control)? Thanks. ---------------- In GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.6.0, Motif Version 2.3.1) of 2009-04-29 on terrapin Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10402000 configured using `configure '--prefix=/opt/local' '--without-carbon' '--with-xpm' '--with-jpeg' '--with-tiff' '--with-gif' '--with-png' '-- with-x-toolkit=motif' 'CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.0' 'CFLAGS=-O2' 'LDFLAGS=-L/ opt/local/lib' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include' 'CPP=/usr/bin/cpp-4.0'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8 default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Shell-script Minor modes in effect: TeX-source-specials-mode: t which-function-mode: t show-paren-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t utf-translate-cjk-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: identity Recent input: / h o m e / j d s m i t h / b i n / b g t e s t " ) M-: C-x C-f C-g C-x C-f b i n / b g t e C-x C-f C-a C-k b i n / t e d i s o w n SPC $ $ C-x C-s M-: % % C-x C-s M-: C-a C-k C-k C-x C-s C-x C-s M-: M-: C-e b g M-: M-: C-h f d C-g C-h f M-d M-d M-d C-d C-e M-x p r o c C-h a p r o c e s s M-x l i s t - p r M-x e m a c s - C-a C-k r e p o r Recent messages: # [3 times] Making completion list... 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