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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J. Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSD 4.03 Problem with Lynx Date: 24 Nov 1995 16:43:27 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 16 Message-ID: <494snf$b7f@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <b167cb$21f19.3ad@news.sisna.com> <490fnk$bqt@laslo.netnet.net> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 ellen@zekes.com (Ellen Zeke) writes: > also, if users disconnect without quitting lynx, it becomes a zombiie.. No, not a zombie. It seems to ignore the error condition on read() however, and loops forever instead of exiting. Note that this used to be a very common error in older programs, e.g. i know it from ftp(1) on an older Illtrix, too. Perhaps somebody used a bad template for his code? :-) -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de [private: http://www.sax.de/~joerg/]