Sorry for the delay in producing a summary, I was out for some days.
I asked:
=>> We have a quite annoying random error, which could be seen in
=>> the next two examples. Just by repeating several times the commands,
=>> one can get the correct behaviour.
=>>
=>> prompt> df . | awk 'NR == 2 { print $5 }'
=>> setpgid child:
=>> : Not owner.
=>>
=>> prompt> ls -la !* | more
=>> setpgid child:
=>> : Not owner.
=>>
=>> Is that a known feature :-) of OSF/1 2.0?
=>> Is there a known remedy for that? (I cannot tell a script just
=>> to repeat the command until getting the "right" answer, do I?)
It seems that is a well known bug of the otherwise excellent shell
"tcsh".
Solution 1: Upgrade to version 6.05.00.
Solution 2: Uncomment "has VFORK" in "config.h"
Thanks a lot to all who replied:
olle_at_cb.uu.se (Olle Eriksson)
"Knut Hellebo" <knut_at_bggfu2.nho.hydro.com>
"Alfred von Campe" <alfred_at_hannah.enet.dec.com>
Daniel.Clar%supelec.fr_at_supelec.fr (Daniel Clar)
Bill Stapleton <wls_at_magrathea.csd.uwm.edu>
rfrench_at_ahab.wellesley.edu
Henk Mos <H.J.Mos_at_fys.ruu.nl>
"Tim W. Janes" <janes_at_signal.dra.hmg.gb>
Stuart Kemp <stuart_at_cs.jcu.edu.au>
"Didier Wagenknecht" <wagen_at_slalpha1.epfl.ch>
Neil Dyce <nd_at_siva.bris.ac.uk>
Sebastian Meyer <meyer_at_muffin.physik.uni-bremen.de>
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Received on Mon Jan 16 1995 - 15:02:29 NZDT