Re: [dev] [wmii] problem with wmiir xwrite /client/$client/ctl kill

From: Thomas Dean <78abc_AT_web.de>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 19:18:40 +0200

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:31:42 -0400, Kris Maglione wrote:
> It's not supposed to have any output. It just basically disassociates a
> process from its parent. You should generally use it when launching
> programs from wmiirc so they don't catch any signals if you kill wmiirc.
> This would be easier if I could duplicate this. I think your best bet is
> some hack like this:
>
> --- fetchmail.sh 2010-05-27 12:30:39.000000000 -0400
> +++ - 2010-05-27 12:30:48.882841963 -0400
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
> 3)
> - x-terminal-emulator -e tail -n 200 -f ~/.fetchmaillog &;;
> + ( wmiir setsid x-terminal-emulator -e tail -n 200 -f ~/.fetchmaillog & )&;;
> esac

With that the script already dies as soon as the fetchmaillog window
opens :-) Given that this seems to be a problem of dash, maybe I
should file a Debian bug report...
Received on Thu May 27 2010 - 17:18:40 UTC

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