From: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com (jeffdb) Subject: Re: ClearCase don't like files created in bash 10 Sep 1998 09:00:49 -0700 Message-ID: <35f7bf67.9440776.cygnus.gnu-win32@mail.goodnet.com> References: <199809081501 DOT LAA09093 AT venus DOT solidum DOT com> Reply-To: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Um I hate to disagree, but ^D appears in lots of files, the ^D EOF convention is only for consoles, and can be changed with stty, on a normal linux/unix console. ^D has no other significance, certainly not for disk files. the whole concept of an inline EOF in disk files, is a stupid DOS holdover from CPM, even microsoft has realized this as witness NO windows tools TIKO write ^Z as an EOF. On Tue, 08 Sep 1998 11:01:10 -0300, you wrote: > > Unlike in DOS with ^Z, ^D never actually appears in the file with Unix. > > :!mcr!: | Solidum Systems Corporation, http://www.solidum.com > Michael Richardson |For a better connected world,where data flows faster > Personal: mcr AT sandelman DOT ottawa DOT on DOT ca. PGP key available. > Corporate: mcr AT solidum DOT com. > > >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".