According to David Eckhardt:
>
>	From:    Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
>	Subject:  Re: UUENCODe.
>	Organization:  Analog Devices CPD
>
>	The quickest way I've found to confirm this is to type ^D (EOF) when
>	it looks like a program has hung; if it's reading from standard input
>	it will see the EOF and terminate.
>
>Potentially less damaging is ^Z followed by bg.
>

Uh that assumes the shell you are in supports Berkeley job control,
some of the old fossils around there still remember when shells did
not have job control at all.

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Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, AWA Defence Industries
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