PFBREAK...

[Joe Chasan]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 08:58:23AM -0600, Chad McWilliams wrote:
> Since upgrading to filePro version 5.0.14 on OpenServer 5.0.6, CTRL-\ no
> longer works to break out of processing.  I've turned PFBREAK=ON and it
> seems to have no affect.
> 
> Any ideas as to why this is not functioning anymore?

why would you use <Ctrl><\> to get out of processing, and what
does "get out of processing" mean anyway?  exit via <Ctrl><\>
leaves lockfile issues, does not give fp chance to clean itself
up on exit, etc, and should be reserved for emergency situations only.

either way - 
PFBREAK is for behavior of whatever your break key is set to (usually
<Delete> or <Ctrl><C>) - and what processing does when it is hit - its
values are OLD and everything else - OLD means processing stops & exits
there, anything else means goes to next line - most commonly used for
what happens when users press BREAK after an input statement of *report
processing table - whether to exit process immediately or continue to
next line of process table.  has nothing to do with <Ctrl><\>

PFQUIT=ON|OFF is what controls the behavior of <Ctrl><\> - if set to
OFF, fp ignores <CTRL><\>

If none of your PF variables were changed, and you are not setting PFQUIT,
you should check your terminal session settings - 
type "stty -a" and see what "quit" is set to - perhaps it is set to some
key sequence other than <Ctrl><\>

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