From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9920 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2006 22:34:38 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.4 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 12 Aug 2006 22:34:38 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 94582 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2006 22:34:30 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 12 Aug 2006 22:34:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 29801 invoked by alias); 12 Aug 2006 22:34:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10593 Received: (qmail 29791 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2006 22:34:23 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 12 Aug 2006 22:34:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 93571 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2006 22:34:23 -0000 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net (HELO pcdesk.net) (65.100.173.137) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 12 Aug 2006 22:34:23 -0000 Received: from localhost ([::ffff:70.68.51.216]) (AUTH: LOGIN tspivey@pcdesk.net) by pcdesk.net with esmtp; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:34:03 -0600 id 03000738.44DE575C.000037A4 Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:35:15 -0700 From: Tyler Spivey To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: weird zsh problem with background procs and scripts Message-ID: <20060812223515.GA9470@fast> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i If you put the following into a loop it won't work. Is there a workaround? #!/bin/zsh while :;do ed & jobs sleep 1 done this should launch a bunch of eds int he background, but only seems to load one. zsh -x shows that it's not even taking the &.