Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!ncar!ico!nbires!stan!dce From: dce@Solbourne.COM (David Elliott) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Shell scripts - getting parent status in read Message-ID: <886@marvin.Solbourne.COM> Date: 27 Apr 89 15:14:43 GMT References: <861@marvin.Solbourne.COM> <849@twwells.uucp> <866@marvin.Solbourne.COM> <869@twwells.uucp> Reply-To: dce@Solbourne.com (David Elliott) Organization: Solbourne Computer Inc., Longmont, Colorado Lines: 8 Thanks to all who responded. It was indeed a case of me not closing the other ends of the pipes in the child. I now get an EOF as expected. -- David Elliott dce@Solbourne.COM ...!{boulder,nbires,sun}!stan!dce