From: mcr AT solidum DOT com (Michael Richardson)
Subject: Re: ClearCase don't like files created in bash
11 Sep 1998 04:57:59 -0700
Message-ID: <199809102029.QAA03808.cygnus.gnu-win32@venus.solidum.com>
References: <35f7bf67 DOT 9440776 AT mail DOT goodnet DOT com>
To: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com


>>>>> "jeffdb" == jeffdb  <jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com> writes:

    jeffdb> Um I hate to disagree, but ^D appears in lots of files,
    jeffdb> the ^D EOF convention is only for consoles, and can be
    jeffdb> changed with stty, on a normal linux/unix console. ^D has no
    jeffdb> other significance, certainly not for disk files.

  We are actually agreeing.

  When you type ^Z on DOS/CPM on the console it is actually copied to the
file.
  As you say, when you type the EOF on the console under Unix, it produces
a zero-length read, which signals EOF in POSIX systems. No ^D in the file.

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