Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rice!sun-spots-request From: gaynor@busboys.rutgers.edu (Silver) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: mounted machine down => df hangs Keywords: Miscellaneous Message-ID: <3273@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 17 Nov 89 01:28:47 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 5 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Refs: Original: v8n180, Replies: v8n188 v8n193 v8n194 X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 206, message 8 of 15 > alias df "(echo ' '; /bin/df \!*) &" What follows is a better solution. Without further ado, [Ag] alias df '/bin/sh -c "/bin/df \!* & wait"'