On 10/9/05, Scott Granneman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> when i ran the code, it locked my machine. does anyone know what it's doing?
Scott:
I ran this on OpenBSD and it just tried to fork but it did not lock
up the computer:
bash-3.00$ :(){ :|:& };:
[1] 25873
[1]+ Done : | :
bash-3.00$ bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
<Snip - hundreds of lines>
So it looks like a fork bomb. Hopefully Robert will expalin the syntax.
--
Kind regards,
Jonathan
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