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From: ray@dsiramd.nz (Ray Brownrigg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Bourne shell logout on ^C?
Message-ID: <177@dsiramd.nz>
Date: Mon, 28-Sep-87 16:16:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: dsiramd.177
Posted: Mon Sep 28 16:16:12 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 30-Sep-87 05:39:18 EDT
References: <207@minya.UUCP>
Reply-To: ray@dsiramd.UUCP (Ray Brownrigg)
Organization: DSIR Applied Mathematics Division, Wellington, NZ
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In article <207@minya.UUCP> jc@minya.UUCP (jc) writes:
>Hi folks.  Here's my "Can you explain this?" puzzle of the day.
>
>When I type a ^C (CTRL-C) on terminal A, I get a new shell prompt.
>When I type a ^C on terminal B, I get a login prompt.

Could be something to do with the terminal dropping DTR whenever
you hit ^C. But if it does not actually log out from the middle
of the tail -f , then that is a puzzle.

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