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Article #250Re: YES freezes OS/2!
From: Paul Wagland
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 02:45
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 02:45
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Lucian_Dancanet@transarc.com writes:
>I've compiled a PD version of "yes" using the C Set/2 compiler ("yes"
>repeatedly outputs "y" or a string until killed).
>If I want to clean a directory, "start yes | del ." works fine, although
>"yes" is still running in the background (not like in UNIX).
>But "yes | del ." freezes the system; even the 3-finger salute doesn't work.
>Comments welcome
>Lucian
I think I can explain this :)
YES continually outputs "y" or string until killed, but when you run it
by itself nothing can kill it. when you start it, the program it is
started in another shell, so that shell is unaccessible.
Note: this doesn't explain why the three finger salute doesn't work.
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Paul Wagland | These opinions are mine and no-one elses
gupw@uniwa.uwa.edu.au | Bingy Bingy Bingy Frogs Go round and round
------------------------+ -- Another silly quote from me :-)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!gupw From: gupw@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Paul Wagland) Subject: Re: YES freezes OS/2! Message-ID: <1992Aug5.024514.2410@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> Organization: University of Western Australia References: <UeTObsr0BwwwQwvGdg@transarc.com> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1992 02:45:14 GMT Lines: 23