Accumulating <defunct> children in vi (SCO UNIX V.3.2.0)

[Irving Wolfe]

In <269 at happym.wa.com> I wrote:

>I frequently pipe a paragraph out from vi when I'm writing to a reformatter 
>...
>after awhile the system ate my text and replaced it with "No more processes."

I've already gotten two mailed replies telling me that this is a "known bug"
in vi.  Funny, it wasn't there in my Motorola UNIX V.2.  

According to one of the responders, ":shell" every once in a while would get 
rid of the <defunct> processes without my having to exit from vi.  I have not 
tried this yet.  

Thanks, responders, and unless you have something different to say, I consider
the question answered.
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