Ugly bug in CSH

utzoo!decvax!yale-com!hawley utzoo!decvax!yale-com!hawley
Mon Nov 29 11:13:59 AEST 1982


Ugly bug in CSH:

     If a backquoted expression is interrupted, the shell hangs,
     and user must log in again (and kill off the remaining zombies).

Example:

     /bin/cat `foo`

If you send "foo" an interrupt (eg, ^C), the thing dies miserably.

- Mike Hawley



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