[SOLVED] How can I stop nohup'ing every command

[unutbu]

When I run a script (in the background) from a gnome-terminal, it does not get killed when I quit gnome-terminal. It does not even quit when I log out and get back to the GDM login window.

For example, I save this as 'test.sh'

#!/bin/sh
while true ; do
    echo "Hi!" >> ~/test/a;
    sleep 2
done

and I run it like this

test.sh &

(no nohup or disown). When I run pstree I get this:

     ├─gdm───gdm─┬─Xorg
     │           └─gnome-session─┬─devilspie
     │                           ├─fvwm─┬─FvwmAuto
     │                           │      ├─emacs-snapshot-───bash
     │                           │      ├─firefox───run-mozilla.sh───firefox-bin───6*[{fi+
     │                           │      └─gnome-terminal─┬─bash───ipython───sh───less
     │                           │                       ├─bash─┬─pstree
     │                           │                       │      └─test.sh───sleep

Then I close all apps, log out, press Ctrl-Alt-F2, and run pstree from the virtual console and get:

init-+-NetworkManager
     |-NetworkManagerD
...
     |-system-tools-ba---dbus-daemon
     |-test.sh---sleep
     `-udevd

I believe test.sh should get killed when the gnome-terminal is closed. Why is my shell acting like this? How can I fix it?

[daimaru]

(EDIT AND DELETED] nevermind... I guess i did not read your post carefully enough since you did restart xserver it seems weird that the script is still running. eventhough wireless lan scripts keep running too, even if you restart x. maybe theres a connection

[mssever]

Not everything gets killed when you log out. I don't know why, and I don't like it, but that's the way it has been as long as I've noticed. I often explicitly kill things from a console or failsafe terminal between sessions. What's particularly annoying is that gvfs-fuse-daemon refuses to die under any circumstances unless I send SIGKILL--which is the messiest way to kill a process.

[unutbu]

Vor says that when he tried my script, the script was killed when he closed his terminal. http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...43&postcount=8

So there seems to be some possibility for configuration, though I don't know where to look.

[mssever]

Vor says that when he tried my script, the script was killed when he closed his terminal. http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...43&postcount=8

So there seems to be some possibility for configuration, though I don't know where to look.

It must have something to do with what signals are being sent. I ran a script very similar to your test script and learned something interesting:

When I type exit to close the terminal, the script keeps running. When I close the terminal via the close button on the title bar, the script gets killed.

[damis648]

Do not run it with "&".

[unutbu]

When I type exit to close the terminal, the script keeps running. When I close the terminal via the close button on the title bar, the script gets killed.

Yes, this is how mine behaves as well. Perhaps there is nothing abnormal about my setup; this may just be the way the terminal was coded to behave.

Thanks, mssever!

[mssever]

It might be interesting to find out which signals are being sent, if any. You could try trapping various signals and see what happens...

[unutbu]

I'm afraid I probably don't understand what you mean due to my very limited understanding of shell scripting.

I used a perl script to generate these commands, LOL:

#!/bin/sh
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 1" >> ~/test/a; exit' 1
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 2" >> ~/test/a; exit' 2
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 3" >> ~/test/a; exit' 3
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 4" >> ~/test/a; exit' 4
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 5" >> ~/test/a; exit' 5
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 6" >> ~/test/a; exit' 6
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 7" >> ~/test/a; exit' 7
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 8" >> ~/test/a; exit' 8
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 9" >> ~/test/a; exit' 9
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 10" >> ~/test/a; exit' 10
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 11" >> ~/test/a; exit' 11
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 12" >> ~/test/a; exit' 12
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 13" >> ~/test/a; exit' 13
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 14" >> ~/test/a; exit' 14
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 15" >> ~/test/a; exit' 15
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 16" >> ~/test/a; exit' 16
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 17" >> ~/test/a; exit' 17
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 18" >> ~/test/a; exit' 18
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trap 'echo "I trapped signal 20" >> ~/test/a; exit' 20
trap 'echo "I trapped signal 21" >> ~/test/a; exit' 21
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while true ; do
    echo "Hi!" >> ~/test/a;
    sleep 2
done

But all I was able to determine was that SIGHUP (signal 1) is sent to the script when the terminal window is closed, and no signal is sent to the script when 'exit' is typed at the terminal prompt.

[mssever]

But all I was able to determine was that SIGHUP (signal 1) is sent to the script when the terminal window is closed, and no signal is sent to the script when 'exit' is typed at the terminal prompt.

I think you did understand what I meant. And it looks like you have the answer. The exit command doesn't send any signals to Bash's children.