Ubuntu is amazing

[mpgarate]

for fun I made a script with the following contents


./BAD.sh
(where BAD.sh) is the name of the script I created.

Its a recursive script.. just loads a copy of its self indefinately.. or so I thought

Ubuntu stopped it at a certain point and killed all the processes automatically (I'm not sure exactly when, I was away)

[FFighter]

hmmm.. are you sure it is something inherently from Ubuntu? Maybe it is something from the kernel or bash or something else.

Interesting though...

[mpgarate]

well, youre right it could just be linux/gnome/some other app ubuntu ships

[marshall.robert]

could be something like an anti-malware system...

[madjr]

now try the /WORSE.sh script

[Mr. Picklesworth]

I believe that would be a stack overflow. Yes, technical limitation aside, (finite arbitrary stack size), it is pretty cool... until you don't know why they're happening.