Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!tim From: tim@amdcad.AMD.COM (Tim Olson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: UNIX Magic Poster Message-ID: <18660@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 18:09:39 EDT Article-I.D.: amdcad.18660 Posted: Mon Oct 12 18:09:39 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Oct-87 01:29:43 EDT References: <1360@aecom.YU.EDU> <5383@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <68@quincy.UUCP> Reply-To: tim@amdcad.UUCP (Tim Olson) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices Lines: 15 In article <68@quincy.UUCP> lenny@quincy.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) writes: >In article <5383@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, chapman@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Brent Chapman) writes: >| He is "reaping". I've heard or read (but I don't remember where) the term >| "reaping processes" used to describe a program waiting around for its children >| to terminate. >| > >Hmmm ... thats an interesting thought, although I thought it was something >to do with "windows", like "clearing" the window? What about "cut"? -- Tim Olson Advanced Micro Devices (tim@amdcad.amd.com)