Bug in csh? (exec v. job control)

Greg Noel greg at ncr-tp.UUCP
Thu Apr 4 08:19:31 AEST 1985


There seems to be a bug in the way the C shell's exec function interacts
with job control.  The quickest way to show it:
	-  Run the C shell and make sure that the SHELL environment variable
	   is set to /bin/csh.
	-  type "vi garbage-file" to get a program that will create a shell.
	-  type ":sh" to get a shell.  The C shell should prompt you.
	-  type "exec echo foo" -- actually, exec any program.  In theory,
	   this should run the specified program and then return to the editor.

Now tell me, why was the editor stopped with a "tty output"?
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-- Greg Noel, NCR Torrey Pines       Greg at ncr-tp.UUCP or Greg at nosc.ARPA



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