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bug #48674: Background Backtick program does not exit when screen exits

Submitter:  Vince Newell <vnewell>
Submitted:  Mon 01 Aug 2016 03:12:41 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Program Logic Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  * 5 - Normal Status:  None
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Open/Closed:  Open Release:  Cur Dev Sources
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
Work Required:  None
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Mon 01 Aug 2016 03:14:05 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Argh! Just realized someone already posted this bug.  Sorry please close as duplicate (see #48662)

Vince Newell <vnewell>
Mon 01 Aug 2016 03:12:41 PM UTC, original submission:  

I developing on a software operation state indicator in my .screenrc as a backtick.  The software uses ROS PUB/SUB so I would like to run the backtick program in the background and have the indicator update when the operational state changes.  According to the docs:

"If both the lifespan and the autorefresh parameters are zero, the backtick program is expected to stay in the background and generate output once in a while. In this case, the command is executed right away and screen stores the last line of output. If a new line gets printed screen will automatically refresh the hardstatus or the captions."

I noticed that this background backtick program does not exit when screen exits. Is that working as intended or is that a bug?

Let me know if you need me to provide more specific information for reproducing this bug.


Vince Newell <vnewell>

 

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