On Sep 27, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Andreas Dilger wrote: >> SIGSTOP cannot be caught, blocked, or ignored. It is used only by >> debuggers. > > Isn't it also used by Ctrl-Z in bash, and then "bg/fg" will send > SIGCONT when it resumes.
Cntl-Z causes the shell to send SIGTSTP, not SIGSTOP. > I'm on the side of Kevin, that it makes sense for tar to be robust > in the face of a short read, despite what the spec might write. And yes, I agree-- anything calling read() should pay attention to the return and deal with a shorter read than requested if it wants to be robust and widely portable. Regards, -- -Chuck
