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- From: mliu@pt.com (Fred Liu)
- Subject: Handling of '&' by shell
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.162641.11402@pt.com>
- Organization: Performance Technologies, Incorporated
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 16:26:41 GMT
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- I am just wondering why the shell creates a background
- process first if the '&' is at the end of a command
- line. It would be nice to have the shell check the
- command first and then fire up the process. What do
- you think of the following conversation:
-
- $ abcd &
- [3] 1234
- $ abcd: Command not found.
- <Return>
- [3] Exit 1 abcd
-
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- Fred Liu, Performance Technologies Incorporated mliu@pt.com
- 315 Science Parkway, Rochester, New York 14620 uupsi!ptsys1!mliu
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