Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!think!ames!ptsfa!dual!forbrk!mats From: mats@forbrk.UUCP (Mats Wichmann) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Max # of processes. Message-ID: <357@forbrk.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 20:16:06 EDT Article-I.D.: forbrk.357 Posted: Mon Jul 20 20:16:06 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 04:10:42 EDT References: <845@zyx.UUCP> <5740011@hpfcdc.HP.COM> <1135@killer.UUCP> Reply-To: mats@forbrk.UUCP (Mats Wichmann) Organization: Fortune Systems / SCI Technology (Berkeley, CA) Lines: 10 In article <1135@killer.UUCP> jfh@killer.UUCP (John Haugh) writes: >i don't know. most of the newer unix systems come with crash(1) and generally >it works. now, if crash is broken, then what you say is true ... What does "broken" mean in this case? It works, but it certainly isn't "portable"; it is one of the things that needs to be stepped on (er, ported) for a new implementation. Nasty little bugger, too. -mats