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Why doesn't an orphan process receive signals?

I have two shell scripts: launch_job.sh and sub_job.sh. If launch_job.sh uses the following method to run sub_job.sh: nohup sub_job.sh & sub_job.sh becomes an orphan, i.e. with PPID 1. I ...

asked Dec 21 '11 at 11:16

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