AnMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>From man bash: > Non-builtin commands run by bash have signal handlers set to the > values inherited by the shell from its parent. > When job control is not in effect, asynchronous commands ignore SIGINT > and SIGQUIT in addition to these inherited > handlers. Commands run as a result of command substitution ignore > the keyboard-generated job control signals > SIGTTIN, SIGTTOU, and SIGTSTP.
That paragraph is only relevant for interactive shells and keyboard generated signals. See also <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_11>. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."
