Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!world!bzs From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: job control (was: How to mess up your tty) Message-ID: Date: 30 Jun 91 04:59:27 GMT References: <2997.Jun2704.59.0991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991Jun29.084246.29248@ITcorp.com> <16585@smoke.brl.mil> Sender: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Organization: The World Lines: 10 In-Reply-To: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil's message of 30 Jun 91 00: 23:11 GMT Anyone who has seen the source to shl probably cringes to hear it recommended. I really liked the part where they write some random byte down the pipe and then the child waits for it to arrive to know it's safe to proceed. Now there was a design... -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@world.std.com | uunet!world!bzs Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD