From: John Wiersba <John.Wiersba@medstat.com>
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: RE: cat broken
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:10:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <03F4742D8225D21191EF00805FE62B990205E179@AA-MSG-01> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990630221000.nSZpRS8ym_fuAkp4hJh_sPDivJhNfYIVI03afMgaKus@z> (raw)
> > 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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1999-06-23 15:47 John Wiersba [this message]
1999-06-30 22:10 ` John Wiersba
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1999-06-24 15:57 John Wiersba
1999-06-30 22:10 ` John Wiersba
1999-06-24 12:03 John Wiersba
1999-06-24 12:11 ` Chris Faylor
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Chris Faylor
1999-06-30 22:10 ` John Wiersba
1999-06-24 10:56 Earnie Boyd
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Earnie Boyd
1999-06-24 10:00 John Wiersba
1999-06-30 22:10 ` John Wiersba
1999-06-24 9:37 Phil Edwards
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Phil Edwards
1999-06-24 8:18 John Wiersba
1999-06-24 8:29 ` Dr. Volker Zell
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Dr. Volker Zell
1999-06-24 11:51 ` Chris Faylor
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Chris Faylor
1999-06-30 22:10 ` John Wiersba
1999-06-23 14:52 Phil Edwards
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Phil Edwards
1999-06-23 12:42 John Wiersba
1999-06-24 0:49 ` Dr. Volker Zell
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Dr. Volker Zell
1999-06-30 22:10 ` John Wiersba
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