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Re: What's the ALT-F4 stuff?



Todd Graham Lewis wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote:
> 
> > Linux is great but thouse are NOT linux only things.
> 
> OK, you're right, these are features generic to gnu-ish shells like bash
> and zsh which receive their greatest exposure through Linux.  Virtual
> consoles aren't even Linux-specific, although they were one of Linus' main
> beefs with Minix, as I recall; from the beginning they have been a touted
> feature, if not a "linux-only" one.
> 

Wrong again :)

The features you describe (collectively job control) have been in csh & ksh
since Adam was a boy (well almost :))


Stephen
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