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From: patwood@esquire.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Problem ( and some more bugs )
Message-ID: <51@esquire.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 28-Feb-87 00:26:05 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 28 00:26:05 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 1-Mar-87 15:28:37 EST
References: <496@ubu.warwick.UUCP>
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Summary: backspacing over the prompt

In article <496@ubu.warwick.UUCP>, arthur@warwick.UUCP (John Vaudin) writes:

> 1) You can backspace over your prompt, I think this is a tty driver problem.

Only the BSD driver doesn't allow you to backspace over your prompt.
On other versions of UNIX, the Korn shell prevents this; however, on vanilla
UNIX, you are allowed to backspace over your prompt.

Pat Wood