Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

Hi Eli,

>> Maybe it has nothing to do with the local OS but with the local
>> program? On GNU/Linux we use ssh, on MS Windows we use plink.
>
> Maybe so, but what do we expect from ssh/plink which should happen
> when the connection closes, that might not happen with plink?
>
> E.g., if I run 'plink ... "cat foo"', the processes created on the
> remote disappear immediately as soon as 'cat' finishes its job.  Same
> if I log in and type Ctrl-D, or just close the window where plink runs
> interactively.  What is different about the connections made by Tramp
> or the test suite?

The difference is, that in your example the remote process finishes. In
Tramp, the local ssh or plink process is killed.

Does the appended patch makes a difference?

Best regards, Michael.