Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 01:03:14 -0400 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Brian Dean <bsd@bsdhome.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/nohup nohup.c nohup.1 Message-ID: <20010720010314.D57085@coffee.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <20010720003901.B92761@neutrino.bsdhome.com>; from bsd@bsdhome.com on Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 12:39:01AM -0400 References: <200107192125.f6JLPAE95986@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010719235441.A92761@neutrino.bsdhome.com> <20010720004528.B57085@coffee.q9media.com> <20010720003901.B92761@neutrino.bsdhome.com>
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On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 12:39:01AM -0400, Brian Dean wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 12:45:28AM -0400, Mike Barcroft wrote: > > nohup(1) used to open(2) the file then lseek(2) to the end of the > > file, instead of just opening with O_APPEND. So two version running > > at the same time clobber each other. Try this with the old version: > > /usr/bin/nohup du /var & /usr/bin/nohup du /usr > > you'll find only one of them will be outputted. With this version > > the two may end up being intertwined, but no output is lost. > > That clears it up. Somehow, I've never managed to run into that one. > Just lucky I guess :) Also, tcsh has a builtin for nohup, so you may be running that if you're using tcsh without an explicit path to nohup. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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