Re: [rfc] nosig: new program to compliment nohup

[Pádraig Brady]

On 02/02/2020 16:48, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> i had need of a nohup-like program, but for a different signal.
> i ended up writing a util called "nosig" that allows full control
> over signal settings before execing another program:
>    https://vapier.github.io/nosig/
>    https://vapier.github.io/nosig/man.html
>
> i figure expanding nohup won't work well since its behavior is
> specified by POSIX.  better to have a new tool.
>
> is there interest in merging into coreutils ?  i'd be fine redoing
> the code style/idioms to align with the project, but didn't want to
> spend time on it if people weren't amenable to the idea :).
> -mike

The latest release of env (v8.31) supports this with:

  env now supports '--default-signal[=SIG]', '--ignore-signal[=SIG]', and
  '--block-signal[=SIG], to setup signal handling before executing a program.

  env now supports '--list-signal-handling' to indicate non-default
  signal handling before executing a program.

cheers,
Pádraig