Subject: Re: B19: perl does not support <STDIN>
From: [email-masked] (Michael Hirmke)

15 Nov 1998 01:56:01 -0800
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Hi Patrice,

[...]
>print while(<STDIN>);
>
>and run it with perl 5.00502 (ActiveState distribution AND my own
>compilation without PERL_OBJECT) on NT4 (sp3). While the script works
>properly on DOS shells, it does not work on bash: the script immediately
>stops without reading anything from the keyboard...

Do you have CYGWIN=tty ?
If so, non cygwin aware programs will fail in exactly the manner you
described.

Bye.
Michael.

P.S.: Would you please avoid sending theses VCARD attachements with your
      Mails !?!? Thx.
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