package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@because/shout",
-  "version": "0.0.13",
+  "version": "0.0.11",
   "description": "shell output tester",
   "module": "src/index.ts",
   "type": "module",

src/run.test.ts

@@ -62,24 +62,6 @@ describe("runFile", () => {
     }
   })
 
-  test("background process output does not leak into subsequent commands", async () => {
-    const file = makeFile([
-      // Start a background process that writes to stdout after a delay
-      { command: "{ sleep 0.1; echo LEAKED; } &" },
-      // Wait long enough for the background output to appear
-      { command: "sleep 0.3; echo clean" },
-    ])
-    const result = await runFile(file, defaultOpts)
-    try {
-      // The background command itself should have no output
-      expect(result.results[0]?.actual).toEqual([])
-      // The sleep command should only see its own output, not the background "LEAKED"
-      expect(result.results[1]?.actual).toEqual(["clean"])
-    } finally {
-      await cleanupTmpDir(result.tmpDir)
-    }
-  })
-
   test("cleans up multiple backgrounded processes", async () => {
     const file = makeFile([
       { command: "sleep 300 >/dev/null 2>&1 & P1=$!; sleep 300 >/dev/null 2>&1 & P2=$!; echo $P1 $P2" },

src/run.ts

@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ function buildScript(commands: Command[], sentinel: string, verbose: boolean): s
 
   if (verbose) {
     // Save original stderr to fd 3 before merging stderr into stdout
-    // Save the pipe on fd 9 so we can restore after each command
-    lines.push("exec 3>&2 2>&1 9>&1")
+    lines.push("exec 3>&2 2>&1")
   } else {
-    lines.push("exec 2>&1 9>&1")
+    lines.push("exec 2>&1")
   }
 
   for (let i = 0; i < commands.length; i++) {
@@ -69,21 +68,11 @@ function buildScript(commands: Command[], sentinel: string, verbose: boolean): s
     if (verbose) {
       lines.push(`printf '${VERBOSE_MARKER}${i}\\n' >&3`)
     }
-    // Redirect stdout+stderr to a temp file so background processes
-    // from previous commands can't pollute this command's output.
-    // Background processes keep their fd pointing at the old temp file,
-    // which becomes orphaned after rm — their output goes nowhere.
-    lines.push(`__shout_out=$(mktemp)`)
-    lines.push(`exec 1>"$__shout_out" 2>&1`)
     lines.push(cmd.command)
-    lines.push(`__shout_ec=$?`)
-    lines.push(`exec 1>&9 2>&1`)
-    lines.push(`cat "$__shout_out"`)
-    lines.push(`rm -f "$__shout_out"`)
     // Sentinel: printf to avoid echo interpretation issues
     // Format: __SHOUT_SENTINEL_<exitcode>_<index>__
     lines.push(
-      `printf '\\n${sentinel}%s_${i}__\\n' "$__shout_ec"`,
+      `printf '\\n${sentinel}%s_${i}__\\n' "$?"`,
     )
   }