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Date:	Fri, 22 Oct 1999 05:42:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject:	RE: make, bash, or cygwin bug?
To:	Kai Henningsen <kai AT cats DOT ms>,
	Bernard Dautrevaux <DAUTREVAUX AT microprocess DOT com>,
	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- Kai Henningsen <kai AT cats DOT ms> wrote:
> On 12 Oct 99, at 7:28, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 
> > The problem with this is, if a ^Z|C-z|Ctrl-Z is read then a superfluous
> > END-OF-FILE is indicated. :-(
> 
> This should really not be done, unless it's input from a terminal.
> Nearly all Win textfiles do NOT end in ^Z anyway. This convention
> is extremely obsolete.

I wasn't suggesting ending a text file with a ^Z, I was refering to processing
binary data which could contain a ^Z causing a premature end of file.  It isn't
so obsolete that it doesn't cause the fuctions to flag an end-of-file.

=====
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>

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