> Most modern UNIX's will give you the login prompt again and again until
Yes you are right and that IS posix compliant.
> you actually type something in. This is a feature. (I don't recall POSIX
> covering this, does anyone else know?) And for his application, what
Yes.
> difference would it make if it did break other scripts? If it were an
> option everybody could break which set of scripts/behaviours they wish.
>
> And honestly any script that doesn't cope with both behaviours seems
> ill-conceived.
I guess that was my point. Make your script deal with it.
> > Why do you have SOME enter characters? Just make the script go into a
> > loop hitting enter UNTIL it sees "username:"
Right.
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Jake Messinger 713-772-6690 jake@ams.com
Advanced Medical Systems, Inc. jake@uh.edu
Houston, Texas http://www.ams.com/~jake
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(Betcha can't do this on an Apple ][, ][c, or ][e)