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  Re: ‘command … &’ creates subshell Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2020-07-01 20:00 +0200

#16517 — Re: ‘command … &’ creates subshell

On Jul 02 2020, Robert Elz wrote:

> POSIX says:
>
> 	If command is specified, exec shall not return to the shell;

But it also says:

    If command is not found, the exit status shall be 127. If command is
    found, but it is not an executable utility, the exit status shall be
    126.

And that's what bash does.

Andreas.

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