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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:11:27 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: WinXP can only run one cygwin background job?
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On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 07:30:11PM +0100, zzapper wrote:
>Sorry,
>I realise this must be an old Cygwin chestnut, But I've only just
>noticed that WinXP only seems to run one background job at a time. I
>presume I'm stuck with behaviour
>
>[1]  - running    checkbot --url http://www.url1.co.uk
>[2]  + running    checkbot --url http://www.url2.co.uk/

How is the above output supposed to prove that WinXP is only running
one background job at a time?  Are you misinterpreting the '+'
and '-' characters, maybe?
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