Re: Automatic Termination After Background Job Completes

Lawrence Velázquez <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2025, at 9:09 AM, Nathan Royce wrote:
>> Setting an emacs/vi flag when starting dash, and using an external
>> command for a background job, the shell terminates once the job
>> completes.
> 
> With dash 0.5.12, I'm seeing this behavior regardless of whether
> the background job uses a shell built-in or an external utility.
> 
>        zsh% PS1='dash$ ' dash -V
>        dash$ : &
>        dash$
>        zsh%

I cannot reproduce this.  Please try the latest git tree and if
it still happens, run it under strace and send me the result.

Thanks,
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