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Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? [message #38396 is a reply to message #38322]

Fri, 05 March 2004 01:30

wmconnolley
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Registered: November 2000

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Rick Towler <rtowler@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> wrote in message ...

>> I'm used to using IDL on an alpha but recently forced to use a sun.

> I am so sorry... My thoughts are with you in this difficult time.

Hmm. Thats not too optimistic-sounding.

>> I discover that aborting a script with ctrl-c tends to kill IDL:

> What version of IDL and version of Solaris?

Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.8 Generic February 2000

{ sparc sunos unix 5.4 Sep 25 2000 32 64}

but v6.0 has the same behaviour.

> Can you provide a simple example?

n fact, simply typing ctrl-c at the command prompt when nothing else
is happening is enough.

wmc>
57 wmc@bsucena>
% Interrupt encountered.

wmc>
57 wmc@bsucena>

This doesn't generate any odd err messages, just gets me out of idl.
Worse, it doesn't kill the idl process - that goes mad somewhere and
eats the cpu. But fg doesn't work.

-W.

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		ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Thu, 04 March 2004 02:28
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Fri, 05 March 2004 05:46
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: Pepijn Kenter on Fri, 05 March 2004 05:40
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Fri, 05 March 2004 01:39
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Fri, 05 March 2004 01:30
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: Richard French on Sat, 06 March 2004 17:13
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[2] on Fri, 12 March 2004 06:00
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: Rick Towler on Fri, 05 March 2004 09:41
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: Rick Towler on Thu, 04 March 2004 15:34
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Thu, 04 March 2004 13:30
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: rigby on Thu, 04 March 2004 10:32
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Fri, 05 March 2004 11:26
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Fri, 12 March 2004 07:04

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