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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: job control & interupts
Message-ID: <5762@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 13:37:00 EST
Article-I.D.: brl-smok.5762
Posted: Tue Apr 14 13:37:00 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 15-Apr-87 06:06:54 EST
References: <6886@brl-adm.ARPA>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <6886@brl-adm.ARPA> drears@ARDEC.arpa (FSAC) writes:
>     We are running BRL VAX UNIX 4.2 BSD release 2 on a VAX 780. I am
>experiencing a problem with the job control features and interupt
>handling routines on the bourne shell.

There were several problems with that release.  The job control part
of our current SVR2 Bourne shell has been substantially changed and
has far fewer problems (I think there are still some subtle ones).
Your best bet would be to upgrade the shell.  Perhaps by the time
you get a new copy we'll have finished cleaning up the emacs-style
history editing and other such new features.