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Old 01-30-2002
Question Enabling Ctrl-c

Do you have to set somthing in a users .profile to allow use of Ctrl-C
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Old 01-30-2002
Only if it is set up prior to turn it off. Check your /etc/profile.
Check the man pages for trap and stty.
thehoghunter
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Old 01-30-2002
And you are interested in the 'intr' setting. Smilie
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Old 01-31-2002
Bug

Thanks stty was in the users .profile
 
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