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- From: rollins@oktext.sbc.com (Steven D. Rollins)
- Subject: Re: 'cat' does not complete - REPOST
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.142534.13135@swbatl.sbc.com>
- Sender: usenet@swbatl.sbc.com
- Reply-To: rollins@oktext.UUCP (Steven D. Rollins)
- Organization: Southwestern Bell
- References: <1992Aug6.024605.757@candle.uucp> <1992Aug11.172040.13380@candle.uucp>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 14:25:34 GMT
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- >: only puts out 50-100 lines of the file, then stops, mid-line. If I
- >: remove the line it stopped at, it gets only a little farther. The file
- >:
- >: When it stops, the shell is waiting for input, but there is no
- >: prompt. I have never seen anything like this before.
- >:
- >MORE INFO - It turns out all command stop like this. A 'ps -ef' stops
- >about half way down the list. I am dialing in via a modem if this
- >helps. I still can't figure it out.
- >
- >--
- >Bruce Momjian
-
- It sounds like a flow control problem. Your host is sending all
- the data, but when your terminal buffer fills up, it's not telling
- the host to wait. The host keeps sending but the terminal buffer
- is full and loses the data. Try checking modem and host settings
- for flow control.
- Steve Rollins
-