Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 08:59:59 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: EOF
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On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Bill Currie wrote:

> >         while ((c = getchar()) != EOF)
> > 
> > you could try entering Ctrl-Z and then pressing ENTER on your keyboard.
> > I don't know if this would be the same for all systems, but I think it
> > should work under DOS.
> 
> Ctrl-D (normally, it can be changed) in *nix, and no enter: it's immediate (in
> my experience).

On DOS/Windows, you need ENTER, because DOS functions which read from 
stdin don't return until you press ENTER.  (This can be disabled by 
switching the console device into raw mode, but then ^Z is just another 
character, it only produces EOF in cooked mode.)