From de3cdcef39051f83b0b263fa6d36129dcfdbe5ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:03:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] softIoc: spin to keep alive

---
 modules/database/src/std/softIoc/softMain.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/database/src/std/softIoc/softMain.cpp b/modules/database/src/std/softIoc/softMain.cpp
index cdb0f4a81..367e23ed8 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/std/softIoc/softMain.cpp
+++ b/modules/database/src/std/softIoc/softMain.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         } else {
             if (loadedDb || ranScript) {
-                epicsThreadExitMain();
+                // non-interactive IOC.  spin forever
+                while(true) {
+                    epicsThreadSleep(1000.0);
+                }
 
             } else {
                 usage(argv[0], dbd_file);