layers hangs terminal

[Bill Carpenter]

In article <676 at msa3b.UUCP> kevin at msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) writes:
>	2) How can I tell (in a shell script) if layers is active on my tty?
>	   (If I can set my prompt string, PS1 to say "LAYERS" I can
>	    avoid trying to logout while layers is running.)

The host software includes a command "ismpx" for just this purpose.
It answers "yes" or "no".  I think you can also get it to tell you via
the return code.
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