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Re: 0x1a bug - its not just awk
- To: Gareth Williams <dgwilliams at dera dot gov dot uk>, cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: 0x1a bug - its not just awk
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:12:09 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: gareth at dgwsoft dot co dot uk
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
--- Gareth Williams <dgwilliams@dera.gov.uk> 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.
=====
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
Cygwin Newbies, please visit
<http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html>
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