Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:51:10 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: cracauer@cons.org, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, rivers@dignus.com Subject: Re: Interesting un-interruptible shell script on 3.0-RELEASE (possible sh bug?) Message-ID: <199812221251.HAA22231@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <19981222134641.A12019@cons.org>
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> In <199812220243.VAA21066@lakes.dignus.com>, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > > > Try the following on a 3.0-RELEASE system, under the bourne shell: > > > > while true > > do > > sleep 2 > > done > > Sorry, this works for me. I'm on current, but sh didn't change since > 3.0-RELEASE. > > What does this show? > ktrace sh thisscript > kdump | grep sleep > > BTW, an easier way to have an endless look is > while : ; do sleep 2 ; done > > Martin > -- Martin brings up an interesting 'twist' on this. If you place the script in a file; the control-C works just fine (on a 3.0-RELEASE system.) Martin - did you place the small script in a file and run the file? If so, can you try simply typing it on the sh's command line and seeing if control-C works/doesn't work. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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