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Re: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)]
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)] |
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Tue, 10 Jul 2001 08:09:36 -0400 |
> Machine Type: i386-pc-bsdi4.0
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> Bash Version: 2.03
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
> [Detailed description of the problem, suggestion, or complaint.]
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> Hello,
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> when i do the following: for i in `yes` ; do date ; sleep 1 ; done
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> bash crashes...
This is a resource problem. Since `yes' never terminates, eventually
you're going to run the bash process out of memory.
--
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( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet)
Chet Ramey, CWRU chet@po.CWRU.Edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/