(end) on screen

[Bill Campbell]

On Sat, May 09, 2009, Scott Nelson wrote:
>fP 5.6.07 on SCO OSE 6, when running a prc that does a showctr to the 
>screen, just before it shows, at the bottom left of the screen is an 
>(END).  After hitting q, the process continues.  Checking the ps show 
>'less' being used at that time.  Is there a problem with this version of 
>less?

Scott:

I wouldn't be surprised with a version of less, but more likely
the showctr routine forks the less process, but never does a
waitpid() to reap its child processes when they terminate.

Bill
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