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orphaned child processes with rxvt
- From: "Matthew Dornquast" <matthew at code42 dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:36:40 -0500
- Subject: orphaned child processes with rxvt
Hi Gang!
I've been living with this bug for 9 months, just upgraded and it appears to
still be there.
Background
I use windows XP and I like to use the Windows-R key to fire off various
handy remote shells. i.e. my gw.bat file contains something like this:
start rxvt +sb -fn "fixedsys-9" -sl 5000 -geometry 120x40 -e ssh
gw.domain.com
I then hit windows-R .. type "gw" and hit return.
TADA! I'm now ssh'd in a new window to the gateway host. (Note: I've
already authenticated via another method so I don't have to type password)
Here is where the bug comes in.
If I hit the "close" button in the window rather than typing "exit", rxvt
cleans up.. but there is still an "ssh" process alive and well sucking up 3
megs of ram.
I've tried various alternate command structures but it always has the same
result. If you use the "-e" function in rxvt, and close the window, the
process you ran will most likely hang around.
I've searched the lists, I cannot find an alternate route to this solution
without incurring orphans.
(Yeah ok, if I type "exit" and hit return in the window, it will work. But
for some reason I find myself unable to consistently do this.)
-Matthew
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