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From: "Alexander Osipenko" <sip AT cos DOT ru>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: fault in rxvt tail -f
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 04:55:33 +0400
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running bash  (all versions) under rxvt with command

rxvt -e /bin/bash -l -i

Executing commands:

$ while true; do date >>somefile.log; sleep 3; done &
# ok, any real program that writes a log, may be win app or in other shell session
$ tail -f somefile.log

Interrupting with CTRL-C after second printed chunk gives exception box:

Application Error:
The instruction at "0x6107b558" referenced memory at "0x0000".
The memory could not be "read".

Moreover, `logout',  `exit' and ^D does not terminate or wait for started background job.

Host OS:   XP(SP1)
bash          any version
rxvt            2.7.10.3, 2.7.10.2
textutils     2.0.21-1

Exception does not appear under Win2000


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