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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: stty -echo under /bin/csh doesnt
Message-ID: <13879@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 19 Aug 90 06:09:52 GMT
References: <1990Aug17.204930.25510@unx.sas.com>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Aug17.204930.25510@unx.sas.com> kent@manzi.unx.sas.com (Paul Kent) writes:
> 
> not echo that is. if i invoke a ksh, then stty -echo does what i would
> like it to..
> 
> This used to work under ultrix 3.1, but is broken (for me) under
> Ultrix 4.0  (straight off the cd) and is still broken after i have
> applied the UD...401 UPGRADE sets.  (the CD title implied they were
> included, but they were not...)

I think DEC tried to slip in their command completion csh (tcsh equivalent)
as the standard 4.0 csh.  If so, it traditionally resets certain tty modes
on returning to the command prompt.  I'm not sure, but you might be able to
trick it one way or another...

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