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Re: stopping "wait" in (sub)script ?

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: stopping "wait" in (sub)script ?
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 11:00:08 +0200
In-reply-to: "Andrei Tcherepanov"'s message of "Wed, 14 May 1997 10:26:57 MET." <33797750.316A@xxxxxxx>

Andrei Tcherepanov wrote:
> I cannot stop such command
> 
> $ for i in `cat ss`
> for> do xvi $i &
> for> wait
> for> done

yup, same here on IRIX 5.3 with 3.1.2-test1.  The `cat ss` is
definitely necessary, there is no problem if it's replaced by a simple
list of values.  Weird.

We have
#define POSIX_SIGNALS 1
if that makes a difference.

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