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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:48:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Norman Vine <nhv AT cape DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Weird stuff in /proc/cpuinfo
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Norman Vine wrote:

> Norman Vine wrote:
> > > >Thanks much better
> > > >
> > > >I noticed another quirk though
> > > >
> > > >a 'control-C' while
> > > >% ls /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/
> > > >  is still printing to the terminal hangs hard
>
> Ooops
>
> On furher investigation this appears to be related to the
> 'ls' command rather then the pseudo '/proc' files
>
> try interrupting any 'ls' command with a 'Ctrl-C'
> It appears as if the shell always seems to return
>   < if you wait long enough >
> so this isn't a 'hard hang' at all
>
> apologies for the misinfo
> Norman

I can reproduce this on Win2k with any long-running command and
CYGWIN=notty (latest DLL).  Guess we'll just have to live with it.
	Igor
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