In the last episode (Jan 04), Joe Modjeski said:
> I found this while starting the mysql client:
> mysql -uroot -p
> Enter password: ^| Quit(core dumped)
>
> I would not have found problem had I not hit the ctrl key instead of
> the shift key.
This is not a bug; it's supposed to to that. ^\ is a special terminal
control sequence, just like ^C is. It's bound to the 'quit' action,
which by default sends a SIGQUIT to the running process, which usually
coredups. Run "stty -a" to see a list of other special control
characters.
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Dan Nelson
dnelson@stripped
