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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: Exiting a program logs me out!
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Date: 26 Nov 90 15:30:45 GMT
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In article <4366@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
>When I run the program, though, it runs fine until I exit. It then gives me a
>shell prompt - and then logs me off.

This is what happens when a program exits and leaves your "stty" hosed.
If you turn off icanon and have vmin/vtim set in a particular way, the
shell's read will timeout with 0 chars read -- the standard indication
of EOF.

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM.     tif@doorstop, sc30661 at ausvm6
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