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RE: cat broken
- To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
- Subject: RE: cat broken
- From: John Wiersba <John.Wiersba@medstat.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:47:12 -0400
> > Using the 5/23 cygwin1.dll, the following is broken:
> > cat >file
> > It echos the input typed from the terminal
>
> Uh, that's what is supposed to happen... unless you mean that it ONLY
> echos the input, and writes a zero-length file?
No, "cat >file" should take input from stdin (the terminal) and write it to
file, which in fact is what happens with the 1/15 cygwin1.dll. However, the
5/23 dll echos the input from terminal back to the terminal.
> > and refuses to accept ^D as EOF.
>
> Use ^Z<CR> (i.e., pretend you had typed COPY CON FILE instead). This
> is just a hack.
I can try ^Z, but, again, the 1/15 dll works properly, taking a ^D as EOF.
-- John
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