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Re: Is this a bug?


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: Is this a bug?
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 08:57:59 -0400
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On 8/19/20 12:02 AM, George R Goffe wrote:
> Chet,
> 
> I've been thinking about what you've said below... that bash is waiting for 
> input. If this were the case, ctrl-c would return to the bash prompt 
> immediately. Yes? What I'm seeing is that with a partial filename entered 
> followed by the tab key is hit which results in nothing due to an 
> uninterriputible sleep. Ctrl-c does not stop the filename completion process.
> 
> Does this make any sense?

If that were the case, and it might be, the pselect is a red herring.
The filename completion process doesn't use pselect.

Chet

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