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From: coco@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (felix.a.lugo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Bug in SKSH
Keywords: SKSH, Error Messages
Message-ID: <3109@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>
Date: 1 Dec 89 04:15:59 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Lines: 34


	While fooling around with Steve Koren's SKSH (Release 1.2), I,
	actually my 20 month old son, discovered a problem in SKSH that
	will cause a "... Task Held ..." requester to pop-up.

	To reproduce the problem, simply type a command that is at least
	48 characters long.  Make sure the command does not exist so that
	SKSH will produce an error.
	For example, type (and press return),

cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc

	at the SKSH prompt.  The command name has to be at least 48 chars.
	long, the command line itself may be as long as SKSH allows.

	SKSH will immediately return an error message which looks like:

cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc: Unable to execute program (24)

	and the stupid requester will attack you!!!  8^)

	I was able to determine that the problem occurs when the error
	message is 80 characters long (or more).  I used "newzap" to NULL out
	the "Unable to execute ..." string, and was able to increase the
	command name.

	Since my son loves to "bang" on the keyboard whenever I move away
	from the computer, and since he always has a way to get to the RETURN
	key, this causes too many problems.

_______________
Felix A. Lugo
coco@ihlpy.att.com
att!ihlpy!coco