On 2006/03/22 12:25, Ray Lai wrote: > > The "status" special character is set randomly, more often it is not > > even a control character, making it impossible to use certain letters > > as program input. > > Is this why once in a while I get: > > load: 0.46 cmd: ssh 15225 [select] 0.13u 0.04s 0% 620k > > on my screen whenever a press a certain character?
Yes, that's "status". Sends SIGINFO which occasionally gives useful information (in dd, for example). You'll often find it mapped to ^T.
