Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:00:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/55346: /bin/sh eats memory and CPU infinitely Message-ID: <200308252300.h7PN0aph068373@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/55346; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru> Cc: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/55346: /bin/sh eats memory and CPU infinitely Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:56:12 -0700 (PDT) On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > > The general problem you're complaining about (here and earlier) is > > that /bin/sh only checks for the termination of backgrounded > > children when it displays a prompt, and of course it doesn't do > > that in the middle of a while loop. I don't know what the various > > standards have to say about this, but the behavior is probably > > just a bug. > > Yes it is. Both bash and zsh do not behave so. try 'set -b'. The man page says its unimplmented, but its worth a spin. That or feel free to implement it :) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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