Re: (){ :|:&};: in bash causes systemchrash

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.03
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       When :(){ :|:&};: is typed in a bash shell, the whole system hags BIG
> time

...or at least until you run out of processes or another system resource.
If you want to hang yourself, bash will gladly supply the rope.

-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet)

Chet Ramey, CWRU    chet@po.CWRU.Edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/