From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 15 15:58:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA05618 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 15:58:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from const. (fern25.verinet.com [199.45.181.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA05491 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 15:57:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Received: (from allenc@localhost) by const. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01744 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 16:57:53 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from allenc) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 16:57:53 -0700 (MST) From: allen campbell Message-Id: <199803152357.QAA01744@const.> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have installed X11R6 for use with a PC X server via xdmcp. I have noticed a subtle difference in behaviour between my xdm launched xterms and telnet sessions. What is it about how I am using xdm that makes these error messages appear? *** Output from an xterm launched in an xdm session. const> man xterm [ Pager output ommited ] [ Press q to quit the pager ] zcat: stdout: Broken pipe const> cat mbox | more [ Pager output ommited ] [ Press q to quit the pager ] cat: stdout: Broken pipe *** Output from a terminal emulator via telnet (or xterm launched via rexec.) const> man xterm [ Pager output ommited ] [ Press q to quit the pager ] const> cat mbox | more [ Pager output ommited ] [ Press q to quit the pager ] I understand the mechanics of pipes and the meaning of the error messages. The error output appears to be legitimate. So why does the same output not appear in the telnet session? I suspect that it has to do with the order that the processes in the pipe are shutdown. Thanks for any clues. Allen Campbell allenc@verinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message