Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!rochester!ken From: ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: signals being ignored by xterm Message-ID: <1894@sol.ARPA> Date: Sat, 5-Sep-87 05:47:03 EDT Article-I.D.: sol.1894 Posted: Sat Sep 5 05:47:03 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Sep-87 03:18:56 EDT References: <1256@mucs.UX.CS.MAN.AC.UK> Reply-To: ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY Lines: 6 I saw this before with a user here. What are you starting up the xterm with? If it is a sh script with &, then remember sh disables interrupt and quit for backgrounded processes. This ignore gets inherited by the children. Apparently csh resets before spawning so csh scripts are ok. Ken