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fault in rxvt tail -f
- From: "Alexander Osipenko" <sip at cos dot ru>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 04:55:33 +0400
- Subject: fault in rxvt tail -f
running bash (all versions) under rxvt with command
rxvt -e /bin/bash -l -i
Executing commands:
$ while true; do date >>somefile.log; sleep 3; done &
# ok, any real program that writes a log, may be win app or in other shell session
$ tail -f somefile.log
Interrupting with CTRL-C after second printed chunk gives exception box:
Application Error:
The instruction at "0x6107b558" referenced memory at "0x0000".
The memory could not be "read".
Moreover, `logout', `exit' and ^D does not terminate or wait for started background job.
Host OS: XP(SP1)
bash any version
rxvt 2.7.10.3, 2.7.10.2
textutils 2.0.21-1
Exception does not appear under Win2000
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