From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 713 invoked from network); 14 May 1997 09:17:04 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 14 May 1997 09:17:04 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA16494; Wed, 14 May 1997 04:56:42 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 04:56:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199705140900.LAA27708@hydra.ifh.de> To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: stopping "wait" in (sub)script ? In-reply-to: "Andrei Tcherepanov"'s message of "Wed, 14 May 1997 10:26:57 MET." <33797750.316A@ptc.com> Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 11:00:08 +0200 From: Peter Stephenson Resent-Message-ID: <"BJJI3.0.c14.9vNUp"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3148 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Andrei Tcherepanov wrote: > I cannot stop such command > > $ for i in `cat ss` > for> do xvi $i & > for> wait > for> done yup, same here on IRIX 5.3 with 3.1.2-test1. The `cat ss` is definitely necessary, there is no problem if it's replaced by a simple list of values. Weird. We have #define POSIX_SIGNALS 1 if that makes a difference. -- Peter Stephenson Tel: +49 33762 77366 WWW: http://www.ifh.de/~pws/ Fax: +49 33762 77413 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron --- Institut fuer Hochenergiephysik Zeuthen DESY-IfH, 15735 Zeuthen, Germany.