Re: tcsh for os2?

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From: David Charlap
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:25

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In article <1992Aug13.164259.10345@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> andy@huey.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Andy Poulsen) writes:
>why can't tcsh be compiled for os/2?  the sources are freely available,
>and from what i've heard the emx port should allow fairly easy porting.
>it'd be a welcome addition, i think (and free, at that...)

Tcsh uses the fork() call, and it hooks into Unix's signal()
interface.  These two things a vey difficult to do under OS/2.  fork()
is impossible, and signals are handled differently.

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