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Re: coreutils 5.2.1 -> 5.93 regression: With nohup getlogin() returns NU
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Evan Hunt |
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Re: coreutils 5.2.1 -> 5.93 regression: With nohup getlogin() returns NULL |
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Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:13:08 -0700 |
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> The behavior of nohup was intentionally changed in 5.90, as permitted by
> POSIX: "If stdin is a terminal, nohup now redirects it from /dev/null to
> prevent the command from tying up an OpenSSH session after you logout."
That makes sense, but maybe we could bring back the former behavior
as an option, i.e. "nohup --keeptty" or some such? It seems useful.
I'll be happy to submit a patch unless it's a bad idea for some reason.
Evan Hunt