Re: PATCH: "sh" job control

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Clint Adams wrote:
> Most other shells seem to default to exiting right away when told to
> exit while there are jobs in the job table.  zsh provided no way for
> silence (other than disowning all jobs or setopt nomonitor)
> 
> The following patch introduces an option "shjobcontrol" (bad name?)
> which skips the checkjobs() call.

It's probably because zsh doesn't set nohup by default. As it's set
by default in sh mode, this seems a reasonable combination.  Here's some
documentation.  Maybe the name could be improved but it's hard to think of
anything short.

--- Doc/Zsh/options.yo~	Wed Sep 22 14:59:48 1999
+++ Doc/Zsh/options.yo	Thu Sep 30 16:04:18 1999
@@ -1003,6 +1003,14 @@
 tt(INTERACTIVE) option is explicitly set on the command line.
 The value of this option cannot be changed anywhere other than the command line.
 )
+pindex(SH_JOB_CONTROL)
+cindex(exiting, checking jobs when)
+cindex(logging out, checking jobs when)
+item(tt(SH_JOB_CONTROL) <C> <K> <S>)(
+Don't report the status of background and suspended jobs when exiting a
+shell with job control.  This is best used in combination with tt(NO_HUP),
+else such jobs will be killed automatically.
+)
 pindex(SINGLE_LINE_ZLE)
 cindex(editor, single line mode)
 item(tt(SINGLE_LINE_ZLE) (tt(-M)) <K>)(


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