On Friday, 01 June 2007, at 02:37:13 (+1000),
Andrew wrote:

> I'm sure this is an FAQ but I couldn't find the answer in the
> archives or docs. Before spawning the shell (or whatever process it
> happens to be) Eterm resets most signal handlers to SIG_DFL but
> skips SIGPIPE. This causes problems in shells that don't reset
> it. Is there a reason SIGPIPE is skipped or is it just an oversight?

I don't know of any particular reason, other than not having
encountered such a buggy shell before. :-)

Michael

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n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/       Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org)
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