[Chet Ramey] Re: current input line lost on ^Z

[Dan Jacobson]

address@hidden item related to cat?

Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Perhaps bad?
> $ cat > p
> bbbbbbbbbb
> ccccccc^Z
> $ something_else
> $ fg
> zzzzzzzzzzz
> ^D
> $ cat pr
> bbbbbbbbbb
> zzzzzzzzzzz
> 
> "I was not finished composing line ccccccc when I had to do
> something_else. Now I have to remember what I was typing to type line
> ccccccc all over again, and it might not even be left on my screen for
> me to copy."

C> Nothing to do with bash.  Depends on how the cat process reacts to the
C> SIGTSTP and whether or not the terminal driver even lets cat see the
C> partial line, since it's running in cooked mode.