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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: SHL LAYERS
Message-ID: <5547@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 14:07:13 EST
Article-I.D.: brl-smok.5547
Posted: Tue Jan 20 14:07:13 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 21-Jan-87 23:44:00 EST
References: <1324@cadovax.UUCP> <5528@brl-smoke.ARPA> <380@oblio.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <380@oblio.UUCP> monte@oblio.UUCP (Monte Pickard) writes:
-In article <5528@brl-smoke.ARPA>, gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
-> "shl" can do most of the things you probably use 4BSD job control for,
-> ...
-Good try Doug, but shl (shell layers) is a very poor excuse for job
-control under 4.2.

Is there some significant drawback other than the ones I had
noted (where you elided them as "...")?  How about some information?