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Date:      Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:14:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      anthony malizzio <zchicago@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   i386/30013: a program loops when used with &&
Message-ID:  <200108240014.f7O0EHp83412@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         30013
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       a program loops when used with &&
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug 23 17:20:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     anthony malizzio
>Release:        4.3
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD zbox.z 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Sun Aug 19 18:58:09 CDT 2001     zchicago@zbox.z:/usr/src/sys/compile/ZKERN  i386

>Description:
when you run a program from a shell with the && operator and a righthand with an ascii escape char, the program re-executes up to 16 times after prior closes.
>How-To-Repeat:
asdf$ any_executable && `^x`  # where x is any character


## output
Fork nesting > 16; maybe `...` loop.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.
any_executable: Command not found.





>Fix:
?
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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