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From: iphwk%MTSUNIX1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Bill Kinnersley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Recognizing the break character
Message-ID: <3629@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 6 Aug 88 16:29:35 GMT
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[In "Re: Re: Recognizing the break character", Bill Allen said:]
>
> Is ^C accurately detected from CLI this way?  I frequently get
> "** File abandoned" when using AmigaDOS's c:Search command.  The
> system thinks ^C was hit when it has not been.  Oddly, ARP's new
> and improved Search command has the same problem.
>
This demonstrates the importance of resetting the signals when you're
done.  SEARCH doesn't recognize ^C at all, documentation to the
contrary.  It recognizes ^D, but fails to reset it, so that the next
SEARCH immediately abandons the first file.