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Re: ClearCase don't like files created in bash
- To: jeffdbREMOVETHIS at goodnet dot com
- Subject: Re: ClearCase don't like files created in bash
- From: Michael Richardson <mcr at solidum dot com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:29:08 -0300
- CC: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
>>>>> "jeffdb" == jeffdb <jeffdbREMOVETHIS@goodnet.com> writes:
jeffdb> Um I hate to disagree, but ^D appears in lots of files,
jeffdb> the ^D EOF convention is only for consoles, and can be
jeffdb> changed with stty, on a normal linux/unix console. ^D has no
jeffdb> other significance, certainly not for disk files.
We are actually agreeing.
When you type ^Z on DOS/CPM on the console it is actually copied to the
file.
As you say, when you type the EOF on the console under Unix, it produces
a zero-length read, which signals EOF in POSIX systems. No ^D in the file.
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