In article <1180931335.461414.61640@i38g2000prf.googlegroups. com>,
merrittr <merrittr@gmail.com> wrote:

> it is in a script, and the ctrl z is disabled by the command however I
> was hoping that when
> a ctrl-z was entered a message would be displayed. The previous poster
> had me thinking
> that job control plays a role
>
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> trap "echo You\'re trying to Control-z me" SIGTSTP

It works for me with this script:

#!/bin/bash

trap "echo You\'re trying to Control-z me" SIGTSTP
while :; do
:
done

$ ./test.sh
<press C-z>
You're trying to Control-z me

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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