Re: xterm dies if command is not PATH
Re: xterm dies if command is not PATH
- Subject: Re: xterm dies if command is not PATH
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:16:06 +0100
Rick Prest <email@hidden> writes:
> A strange problem with the latest X11 (and maybe the 0.1 too):
>
> If I use an xterm to run a command that is not in my PATH I get the
> usual error message but if I run the same command in the background
> (&) the xterm window dies.
>
> Example:
>
> > aaa
> aaa: Command not found.
>
> > aaa &
> [xterm window dies]
>
> This happens in tcsh but not sh (and its friends).
>
> Is this a known bug?
I have witnessed the same behavior. I used bash. It is not unique
to xterms though; I have had shells inside of Emacs silently exit for
no reason as well, particularly after failed unit test runs spawned
from a Makefile.
Best,
Joe Kiniry
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