dem@ihwpt.ATT.COM (David E. Martin) (10/07/88)
My big question for System V 4.0 is: Does it have BSD style job control? Hitting ^Z is such an improvement over getting a new shell from within vi. David Martin AT&T Bell Laboratories dem@iexist.att.com
gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (10/08/88)
In article <2691@ihwpt.ATT.COM> dem@ihwpt.ATT.COM (David E. Martin) writes: >My big question for System V 4.0 is: Does it have BSD style job control? Certainly it would for the "BSD new tty" line discipline and csh. If its /bin/sh doesn't support job control you could use the BRL version.
ekrell@hector.UUCP (Eduardo Krell) (10/08/88)
In article <2691@ihwpt.ATT.COM> dem@ihwpt.ATT.COM (David E. Martin) writes: >My big question for System V 4.0 is: Does it have BSD style job control? The big answer is yes. And you also get symbolic links. Eduardo Krell AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ UUCP: {att,decvax,ucbvax}!ulysses!ekrell Internet: ekrell@ulysses.att.com
jcs@tarkus.UUCP (John C. Sucilla) (10/09/88)
In article <2691@ihwpt.ATT.COM> dem@ihwpt.ATT.COM (David E. Martin) writes: >My big question for System V 4.0 is: Does it have BSD style job control? >Hitting ^Z is such an improvement over getting a new shell from within >vi. Yea, same question here. I recently started using a Sun at work and fell in love with the job control stuff. It would be a pretty dumb decision not to include it. -- John "C". Sucilla, A silicon based life form. {att,chinet,ddsw1}!tarkus!jcs You have a better idea? Now's the time..