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From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
Organization: DVL Software Limited
To: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 21:23:10 +1300
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Subject: Re: "There are stopped jobs"
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On 9 Nov 98, at 9:57, Johann Visagie wrote:

> On Mon, 09 Nov 1998 at 19:37 SAST, Dan Langille wrote:
> > 
> > I'm running 2.2.7 RELEASE.  I had three telnet sessions going.  All were
> > su'd.  I did an exit on one.  I got a message "There are stopped jobs". 
> > I tried the same thing on telnet session #2, got the same message.  On
> > telnet #3, I did an exit, then another to logout.  The other telnet
> > sessions would then close.
> > 
> > What was going on?
> 
> Job control is the responsibility of the shell.  So, depending on which
> shell you're using, you can use the shell-builtin command "jobs" to check
> on the identity of those stopped jobs.
> 

Ahhh.  I was using the bash shell.  I don't remember starting any jobs.  I 
was running stuff from the command line.  But all telent sessions were at 
a prompt.  Perhaps something forked?

Why would exitting one shell affect the others?

cheers

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Dan Langille
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