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From: mvh@netcom.com (Michael Harding)
Subject: Help with emacs shell - no job control
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When I launch a shell under Emacs 19.31 with FreeBSD 2.1.5 release CD,
the shell states "cannot reach terminal, thus no job control under
shell" or something simlilar.  If I run a PS -l, I see that that the
pty that the shell is using for input has a "-" after it, meaning that
the shell can't access it.  I can't do a control-c to stop a big job.
This was not the behaviour with the 2.1 CD, neither with 19.34 at work
under Solaris 2.5, any hints?