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Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 19:25:00 -0400
From: Pavol Juhas <juhas AT seas DOT upenn DOT edu>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: bug in /usr/bin/printf "%4.0f\n" 0.1
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Hi,
I am using recent Cygwin on WindowsXP professional.
I have found this bug in when using /usr/bin/printf:
If printf "%4.0f" rounds its argument to 0, it only prints 3
characters instead of 4, e.g.:

$ printf "%4.0f\n%4.0f\n" 0 0.1
   0
  0

Can you also see this?
Originally, I have found this problem in gawk, but /usr/bin/printf behaves
in the same way.  I guess the problem is somewhere in the runtime libraries.

HTH,
        Pavol

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