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Re: Newbie question: What is EOF for stdin? [SOLVED]


That (^Z) did the trick perfectly.  Thanks!

Jason


Stephan Mueller wrote:
> Windows programs often like ^Z as EOF.
> stephan();
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
> Of Jason Barnett
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:45 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Newbie question: What is EOF for stdin?
>
> First of all I apologize if this was answered somewhere else, but I
> didn't find it.  I tried searching Google, the archives
> (http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/htsearch?restrict=%2Fml%2Fcygwin%2F;e
> xclude=;config=htdig;method=boolean;format=builtin-long;sort=time;words=
> stdin%20AND%20%5ED%20OR%20EOF;page=5)
> and the user guide, but none of these had the answer.
>
> My question is (I think) simple: what is the shell key combination for
> EOF?
>
> I am running a program - CRM114 - that was compiled for Windows, but it
> is in my cygwin path (/usr/bin).  This program expects me to type in
> some text and, when I'm ready for CRM114 to process it I am supposed to
> hit the EOF keyboard combination.  I tried ^D (control D) but this
> didn't seem to work.  Should ^D work?  Is there something else I can try
> to use for EOF?
>

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