Re: SUMMARY: Random error while piping: "setpgid child:Not owner"

From: John Hascall <john_at_iastate.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 14:32:53 CST

> Sorry for the delay in producing a summary, I was out for some days.
> =>> prompt> df . | awk 'NR == 2 { print $5 }'
> =>> setpgid child:
> =>> : Not owner.

> 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"

   These don't work... :(

camaro.cc> echo $version
tcsh 6.05.00 (Cornell) 94/19/06 (alpha-cmu-mach) options 8b,nls
camaro.cc> grep VFORK config.h
 * VFORK This machine has a vfork().
#undef VFORK
camaro.cc> date | dd of=/dev/null
setpgid child:
: Not owner.


John
Received on Mon Jan 16 1995 - 15:33:50 NZDT

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