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Re: [RFD]: deprecate the "fg" command
- To: Michael Snyder <msnyder at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: [RFD]: deprecate the "fg" command
- From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:47:19 -0700
- CC: gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Organization: Core Tools, Apple Computer
- References: <8gn1pc$as9$1@cronkite.cygnus.com>
- Reply-To: shebs at apple dot com
Michael Snyder wrote:
>
> Does anybody use the "fg" command (a synonym for continue)?
> It's been in there since 1991, but never documented. I'd like to
> deprecate it to reduce clutter and the hazard of dangerous typos.
> If you tried to say "f" (the frame command) and your finger hit
> two keys by accident, the result would be an unintentional continue,
> which is generally a bad thing.
I'm agreeable. In fact, I think we discussed using "fg" and "bg" as
commands to control multiple processes for when we implemented
multiple-process-debugging, in which case having fg mean something
else already would be bad.
Stan