hang on exit - bug or no bug?

[Nicolas Williams]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 12:58:37PM -0500, mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org wrote:
> 
> [..]
> > >  - write a separate script for checking that the batch job is doing ok
> > >  - use intr (yes, Solaris doesn't have one -- write one yourself) on the
> > >    client side to set a timeout after which to kill ssh
> > >  - write an intr-like command for the remote side that closes the fds
> > >    after a timeout and which might be used like so:
> > >
> > >    ssh -n somehost somecommand 2\>\&1 \| iointr -t 30
> > >  - fix the scripts
> >
> > - fix the daemons
> >
> 
> Finxing daemons will solve part of the problem.. but will not solve the
> case when you do:
> 
> ssh site.com
> vi file
> ctrl-z
> <wander around>
> exit
> ..[hang]

My shell usually tells me that I have suspended jobs and aborts the
exit.

> You sure can't close the std* in vi.. It would make it worthless.

No, vi is no daemon...

> - Ben


Nico
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