[BusyBox] (Ash) 'exec' starts a new tread

[Alfred Zastow]

Alfred Zastow wrote:


> I'm fighting with a different behavior of ash compared to bash:

Oh, I forgot to write the version 1.0pre3 and cvs-shnapshot from 
yesterday. Excuse me.


> If I start something within a shellscript with 'exec' ash generates a 
> new pid and the child seems to be independent from the father-process, 
> even if you kill the father job.
> 
> When you do the same thing (exec) with bash, the child takes over the pid.
> 
> Right now I don't know a solution for killing a exec'ed child if I know 
> only the pid from its father  :-(
> 
> 
> best regards
> Alfred