functions in the background

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From: RoBeRt KaRp
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1989 01:16

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I have the following function:

ecr () { local s=$1; shift; enscript -2r -fCourier${s} -P${LASER} $@ }

when I type 

ecr 4 foo &

I get a segmentation fault, however, if I leave off the & at the
end, it is ok.


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