Makeing the subshell reliable
Pavel Tsekov
ptsekov at gmx.net
Wed Jul 19 11:27:10 UTC 2006
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Arpad Biro wrote:
> Pavel Tsekov wrote:
>> I also don't remember having major trouble with the subshell
>> myself but then there are enough records in this mailing list
>> and in other places which testify that the subshell is causing
>> a lot of confusion. A lot of efforts were thrown in an attempt
>> to solve the unsolvable "The shell is already running a command"
>> problem for example.
>
> The situation seems to have improved, but that problem still
> exists. I still often get that dreaded message with MC 4.6.1.
> If it's unsolvable, couldn't we have a "Just run that damn
> command anyway" button on the "already running..." error
> dialog?
No. Since it may cause undesired effects. What happens if you
leave the subshell with 'rm -rf ' left at the prompt ?
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