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> killing user processes on logout (rather than send them the SIGHUP signal, as POSIX says should happen) TIL what nohup(1) is for.
by majewsky 8y ago
> killing user processes on logout (rather than send them the SIGHUP signal, as POSIX says should happen)
TIL what nohup(1) is for.
- zbentley 8y agoSort of. While it's debatable when SIGHUP should be sent as part of controlled system logout/whatever, the signal itself was originally used upon abrupt disconnection (hang up) of the controlling terminal of a program.