From: Rob Levin (Rob.Levin@f217.n3802.z1.fidonet.org)
Date: 09/03/92 

From: Rob.Levin@f217.n3802.z1.fidonet.org (Rob Levin)
Subject: Background processes not dying on parent exit
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 08:03:26 -0800

 PZ> Umm, I'm pretty sure your background processes are supposed to get
a
 PZ> SIGHUP when you log out, unless they are started with nohup or they
ignore
 PZ> the SIGHUP signal. At least it works that way on my SVR3 system
here at
 PZ> work. Is this different under POSIX? BSD?

SIGHUP is not a POSIX.1-defined signal. The other POSIX standards are
presently draft standards, but perhaps someone else can shed some
light....

Rob L.

 * Origin: Via the Annex in Victoria, TX (1:3802/217)