Send an explicit sighup from closeterm()

terminatorlib/terminator.py

@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ class Terminator:
       dbg ("closeterm function called while in zoomed mode. Restoring previous layout before closing.")
       self.toggle_zoom(widget, not self._maximised)
 
+    widget.sighup()
     if self.remove(widget):
       widget.destroy ()
       return True

terminatorlib/terminatorterm.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import pygtk
 pygtk.require ("2.0")
 import gobject, gtk, pango
-import os, sys, subprocess, pwd, re
+import os, signal, sys, subprocess, pwd, re
 
 #import version details
 from terminatorlib.version import *
@@ -501,6 +501,12 @@ text/plain
       err (_('Unable to start shell: ') + shell)
       return (-1)
 
+  def sighup (self):
+    try:
+      os.kill(self._pid, signal.SIGHUP)
+    except OSError:
+      dbg('Unable to send SIGHUP to %d' % self._pid)
+
   def get_cwd (self):
     """ Return the current working directory of the subprocess.
         This function requires OS specific behaviours