[erlang-questions] can a program launched with open_port({spawn, Cmd}, Options) remain running after the port closes?

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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:29:03AM +0200, Jesper Louis Andersen wrote:
> I remember this was something I had going. Let me dig code:
> 
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> #!/bin/sh
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> (cat && kill 0) | opentracker $*
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> 
> So the trick is that the ? && kill 0 part sends a kill signal to all processes in the current process group. This lets you stop another process since cat(1) understands what happens when stdin is closed and handles it accordingly.
> 
> I've only used it in tests though so it may need work for real programs

Haven't been following this thread closely, but it seems erlexec wasn't
mentioned yet:

	http://code.google.com/p/erlexec/

BR,
	-- Jachym