Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 07:54:54 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: jc@irbs.com (John Capo) Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell bug Message-ID: <199509210554.HAA14447@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199509202157.RAA08702@irbs.irbs.com> from "John Capo" at Sep 20, 95 05:57:38 pm
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As John Capo wrote:
>
> This will `Memory fault' on the fifth iteration:
>
> while { sleep 1 & wait ; } ; do
> ...
>
> It appears that { anything & wait ; } is a problem.
This is not to neglect the bug, but:
$ while { sleep 1 & wait ; } ; do
> echo fine
> done
fine
fine
fine
fine
fine
fine
fine
fine
fine
fine
fine
^C
[1] 14429 Exit 0 sleep 1
[2] 14430 Exit 0 sleep 1
[3] 14431 Exit 0 sleep 1
[4] 14432 Exit 0 sleep 1
[5] 14433 Exit 0 sleep 1
[6] 14434 Exit 0 sleep 1
[7] 14435 Exit 0 sleep 1
[8] 14436 Exit 0 sleep 1
[9] 14437 Exit 0 sleep 1
[10] 14438 Exit 0 sleep 1
[11] 14439 Exit 0 sleep 1
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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