(EV_EXIT). The fork is still done as normal if any traps are active.
In many cases, the fork can be avoided even without this change by using {}
instead of (), but in practice many scripts use (), likely because the
syntax is simpler.
Example:
sh -c '(/bin/sleep 10)& sleep 1;ps -p $! -o comm='
Now prints "sleep" instead of "sh". $! is more useful this way.
Most shells (dash, bash, pdksh, ksh93, zsh) seem to print "sleep" for this.
Example:
sh -c '( ( ( (ps jT))))'
Now shows no waiting shell processes instead of four.
Most shells (dash, bash, pdksh, ksh93, zsh) seem to show zero or one.
PR: bin/74404
Approved by: ed (mentor) (implicit)