Re: [Help-bash] `eval' subprocess not terminated

[Ion Savin]

Hi Matthew,

> > I'm launching a script which is using `eval' to start a long running
> > process (just as an example I'll use xeyes):
> >
> > $ cat test.sh
> > #!/bin/bash
> > eval xeyes
> >
> > $ ./test.sh
> >
> >  From another terminal I kill the shell process:
> >
> > $ kill -9 `ps h --format pid -C "test.sh"`
> >
> > The shell process terminates but the child process is not killed. Is
> > there any way to force bash (I'm using ver. 4.2.45) to terminate the
> > `eval' subprocesses it has created?
>
> Why do you need eval at all? Are you sure you don't mean to be using
> exec?

In the real world scenario test.sh is actually one of many third party 
scripts each of which could contain `eval'. This is why I would prefer 
to find a solution which works without any changes to the script itself 
if possible.

> <greybot> 'eval' is a common misspelling of 'evil'. If eval is the
> answer, surely you are asking the wrong question. See
> http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/048

Nice. Thank you for the link!

Cheers,
Ion