Re: xterms disappear when non-existent command given in background
Re: xterms disappear when non-existent command given in background
- Subject: Re: xterms disappear when non-existent command given in background
- From: Justin Walker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:42:25 -0800
On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 10:15 AM, RCohen wrote:
I've noticed that Apple X11 has a peculiar and annoying behavior which
is not characteristic of other implementations of X windows.
If, in an xterm, I type a command that does not exist, followed by
an ampersand to run it in the background [ example: fggggg &]
then what happens is that the xterm disappears, rather than giving
me the proper message that the command does not exist.
Odd: I don't see this on 10.2.8 or on 10.3. What shell are you using?
In my case, it's 'bash'.
FWIW, it's likely got zilch to do with X11. The termination of a
shell, which is probably why the window disappears, is generally
because of 'eof' indications.
p.s. Pardon me if you've seen this query before; I tried sending it out
a couple of days ago but did not receive a copy myself, so I suspect
it never went to the list, but who knows?
I think it made it to this list. I also think this was discussed a
while back. Have you checked the archives?
Regards,
Justin
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