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Date:      Tue, 17 Mar 1998 12:52:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Broken pipe
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980317125204.994e-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199803170440.VAA12697@const.>

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On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, allen campbell wrote:

> The error is harmless and I now think I understand the reason for it.
> I found a clue in the bash(1) FAQ;

The FAQ tells the truth.

> This sounds like my observations.  For some reason, my shell (pdksh)
> behaves differently when exec'ed by telnetd(1) as opposed to
> xterm(1).  I don't know why this difference exists, but it seems
> plausible.  Pdksh may be altering its behavior based on the
> environment it finds itself in.

Some shells will do that. I don't know why though.

> Is there a program that displays the state of signals for a given
> process?

Signals are instantaneous; you can't view the status of them and expect to
get anything useful.  You'd have to run it through gdb and put breakpoints
on the signal handler.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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