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Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:12:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	neal somos <nsomos AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: read command available?
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, neal somos wrote:

> Jarzombek, Svend asks ...
> 
> > Is the read command somewhere available? 
> > Up to now I wasn't able to find it.
> 
> The read command is supposedly a shell builtin.
> 
> Strangely enough, the first time I tried the
> example given with ksh, I got the exact same response.
> 
> However on later attempts, I got what was expected.
> I find this odd.

I'm sorry, I must be slow today...  Exactly which example did you try, and 
what response did you get, and what was expected?

Igor Pechtchanski
Cygwin pdksh maintainer
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