Re: Makeing the subshell reliable

[Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov gmx net>]

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Arpad Biro wrote:

> Pavel Tsekov wrote:
> > I also don't remember having major trouble with the subshell
> > myself but then there are enough records in this mailing list
> > and in other places which testify that the subshell is causing
> > a lot of confusion. A lot of efforts were thrown in an attempt
> > to solve the unsolvable "The shell is already running a command"
> > problem for example.
>
> The situation seems to have improved, but that problem still
> exists. I still often get that dreaded message with MC 4.6.1.
> If it's unsolvable, couldn't we have a "Just run that damn
> command anyway" button on the "already running..." error
> dialog?

No. Since it may cause undesired effects. What happens if you
leave the subshell with 'rm -rf ' left at the prompt ?