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Diffstat (limited to 'Src/exec.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | Src/exec.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Src/exec.c b/Src/exec.c index 1b622d56f..768e3efe2 100644 --- a/Src/exec.c +++ b/Src/exec.c @@ -3146,10 +3146,11 @@ execcmd_exec(Estate state, Execcmd_params eparams, esprefork = (magic_assign || (isset(MAGICEQUALSUBST) && type != WC_TYPESET)) ? PREFORK_TYPESET : 0; - if (how & Z_ASYNC) { + if ((how & Z_ASYNC) || (output && !last1)) { /* - * If running in the background, we don't need any of - * the rest of this functino to affect the state in the + * If running in the background, or not the last command in a + * pipeline and not already forked, we don't need any of + * the rest of this function to affect the state in the * main shell, so fork immediately. * * In other cases we may need to process the command line |