From:	myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	using bash & doskey -- ^p Write fault error writing device PRN Abort, Retry?
Date:	27 Apr 1998 04:05:05 GMT
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This isn't really a problem with djgpp, it's a mistake that I make pretty often
now that I use bash a lot.  It's a silly mistake.  Here's what happens:

I use control-p to go backwards through the command history when I'm using
bash.  (It's easier than reaching for the arrow keys, and sometimes I can't use
the arrow keys, e.g. when using Linux via telnet.)  Then when I start using DOS
again, I try to go back in DOSkey by hitting control-p.  You probably know what
happens then.

Write fault error writing device PRN
Abort, Retry?

As far as I know there is no way to get out of that question.  DOS keeps
asking, no matter what you say.  Of course, I could train myself to use the
cursor keys in bash, but it seems like there must be something that you can do
in DOS after hitting control-p to make DOS stop asking that question.

Thanks in advance.

--Ed (Myknees)

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