[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #45625] fork on command line

[Ceral Paquet]

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #45625 (project octave):

Hi Mike - thanks for the tip. I added an exit but still get a hang. The script
below causes it for me.

>> ver
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GNU Octave Version: 4.0.0
GNU Octave License: GNU General Public License
Operating System: Linux 3.16.0-44-generic #59~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 7
15:07:27 UTC 2015 x86_64
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no packages installed.



%% - causes a hang --- %%
function  fork_test()

[pid, msg] = fork();

if pid
# wait child to complete
disp(["waiting for ", num2str(pid)]);
% do some useful work
%plot(1:10)
waitpid(pid)
else
% do some useful work
%A = randn(100);
%pause(10);
exit();
endif



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