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From: karron@KARRON.MED.NYU.EDU
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Subject: pwd recursing (curses again!)
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Date: 10 Nov 90 06:55:16 GMT
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I posted a note in which I thought that running pwd from startup.ps
was hanging the system by recursing and using up all of the available
process slots.

It now seems that /bin/pwd is doing just that from the command shell.

It may have nothing to do with ps.

dan.
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