Feature Request: PID writeout on background

[Thorsten Glaser]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2020, Lars Noodén wrote:

> I notice that with -f the $! variable stays blank.

That’s because it’s the process itself that dæmonises,
not the shell backgrounding it.

Nice trick, with the control socket; this could become
a part of the EXAMPLES section in the manpage? Also, is
the text stable and not internationalised or localised?

bye,
//mirabilos
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