[net.bugs] Ugly bug in CSH

hawley (11/29/82)

Ugly bug in CSH:

     If a backquoted expression is interrupted, the shell hangs,
     and user must log in again (and kill off the remaining zombies).

Example:

     /bin/cat `foo`

If you send "foo" an interrupt (eg, ^C), the thing dies miserably.

- Mike Hawley