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Re: Bash 4.3.11(1) crashes after running exec
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Bash 4.3.11(1) crashes after running exec |
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Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:03:17 -0400 |
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On 6/27/16 12:52 PM, #pragma wrote:
> Thank you for the answer. I would agree with you, but there is something
> more.
> If I change command from the first step to this:
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> user@host:~$ exec man man man
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> and leave other steps as were before, then bash crashes as well. Also on
> tty logins.
Again, what do you expect to happen? You replace the bash process -- it
goes away. As soon as the man process terminates, your session ends. This
is what `exec' does.
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