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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello:
Am trying to understand why the method #2 works but method #1 does not.
For both methods, sending CTRL+C should kill both the Parent script & all of the spanwd background procs.
Method #1:
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#!/bin/sh
ctrl_c()
{
echo "** Trapped CTRL-C"
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
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