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From:	quanstro@stolaf.edu (Erik Quanstrom)
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To:	<rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu>
Subject: $pid
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Rc does not update $pid when it forks, only when it is initalized. Consider

        ; @{echo $pid}
        296
        ; echo `{echo $pid}
        296
        ; echo $pid
        296

If this is not a bug, then it is certianlly a poor feature. [but, then again
sh is guilty of the same.]