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From: wescott@Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: pg: cannot reopen stdout
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Date: 10 Apr 90 20:08:19 GMT
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In article <207@seachg.UUCP> jalsop@seachg.UUCP (John Alsop) writes:

> pg: cannot reopen stdout

> I occasionally get the above message using pg.

This is caused by a failure to open /dev/tty.  For some reason there is no
controlling terminal is not associated with your session (process group).
This should not happen suddenly but should be the case throughout a session.
--
	-Mike Wescott
	 mike.wescott@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM