Re: caps lock...num lock...whatever...

[Cliff Sarginson]

On Saturday 25 August 2001 07:21, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 07:49:34AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > BTW what is  /dev/null all about ?
> >
> > if tty > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
> >   case $(basename `tty`) in
>
> I added that in because, under certain circumstances (although I
> don't recall _which_ circumstances), 
<snip>
Processes lose their controlling tty when they detach themselves
from it.
Cliff