andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu (Andrew Thomas) (11/17/89)
The function change_flag has the following piece of code:
#ifdef JOB_CONTROL
/* Special hack for the -m flag. */
if (value == &jobs_m_flag)
{
extern set_job_control ();
set_job_control (!on_or_off);
}
#endif /* JOB_CONTROL */
The value of on_or_off can be one of 43 or 45 corresponding to the
characters + and - . This means simply that if this piece of code is
ever called, it will turn off job control. Always.
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Andrew Thomas
andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu Systems Design Eng. University of Waterloo
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