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1 zcat(1) 1 In the software context; processes spawned by other processes.
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3 If a parent process goes away, various things happen such as
4 StuartYeates 4 * Children get sent a [SIGHUP], most processing die when receiving a [SIGHUP]. This is what happens when you close a [Terminal] and the processes started from it are killed.
1 zcat(1) 5 * Children that ignore [SIGHUP] get reparented to init
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7 If a child process goes away, the parent gets a [SIGCHLD]
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11 The context for which this page was required refers to 'sprogs', or 'little people'. See also BadgeWearers