Subject: Re: 0x1a bug - its not just awk
From: Earnie Boyd <[email-masked]>
To: Gareth Williams <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:12:09 -0800 (PST)

--- Gareth Williams <[email-masked]> wrote:
> I just downloaded B20.1 and compiled a few C++ programs under NT4.
> Those that write data work fine. Those that read fail on the byte
> 0x1a.
> 
> I have seen the reports that awk can not read the byte 0x1a.
> 
> Well, the problem is not with awk. "cat" can't read it. 
> "cin.get(c)" can't read it. However cp can copy it. And it is
> OK reading from a pipe, just not from a file.
> 
-8<-

cat and awk are _text_ utilities. (no flames please)  This has to do with text
mode file processing vs binary mode file processing.  Please visit my webpage
and search the archives for explainations.

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