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Re: [Bug-gnulib] addition: wait-process.h, wait-process.c
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Bug-gnulib] addition: wait-process.h, wait-process.c |
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30 Sep 2003 12:12:08 -0700 |
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Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
> So this was mainly needed because the 'diff' subprocess ignores
> SIGINT, but you want it nevertheless to exit as soon as the 'sdiff' process
> exits?
No, diff doesn't ignore SIGINT, but someone might kill sdiff (e.g.,
using 'kill') without killing its subprocesses. In that case sdiff
should clean up nicely. Similarly for other programs that have
subprocesses.