Re: UNIX child processes

In article <877cgr$ugv$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   pminnis_at_sigeco.com wrote:
> We are running Oracle Applications on a Digital UNIX platform -- but I
> have duplicated the effect with simple shell script with sqlplus as
> follows:
>
> Shell script written to call sqlplus with PL/SQL block as in:
> when oserror exit failure rollback;
> when sqlerror exit failure rollback;
> sqlplus user/pass <<EOF
> define
> ...
> begin
> ...
> end;
> /
>
> I find the unix pid that corresponds with the sqlplus and I find the
> shell script
>
> I close my telnet session
>
> Shell script process is gone. sqlplus pid continues running; it is
> definitely running -- I can watch the CPU% changing up and down.
>
> This seems to be normal behavior on our system. Children continue to
> run without a parent.
>
> So my question is, why doesn't the child process go away? Is there a
> way to subvert this behavior? Would I want to?
>
> Oracle Applications DBA's:
> This is occurring when we cancel a custom concurrent request. These
> programs are written as host shell scripts which run sqlplus, perhaps
> multiple times in the same shell script.

Recommend you post a minimal example shell script which will cause the problem you are referring to.

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Before you buy. Received on Tue Feb 01 2000 - 16:57:25 CST