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Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:12:41 -0500
Subject:	RE: redirect-append (>>) creates garbage-y file
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echo foo | tee -a test3.txt : terminal output is okay but test3.text
starts with 3 characters of garbage before the string foo

echo foo | tee test4.txt : terminal output is okay and test4.txt is okay too

So "tee -a" has the same issue as ">>" when creating a new file.

BTW, I believe that the garbage characters that precede the text is an encr=
ypted
version of the text in the file. This Credant software is protecting my txt=
 files
by encrypting them.


-- Bill



-----Original Message-----
From: Csaba Raduly [mailto:rcsaba AT gmail DOT com]=20
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:00 PM
To: William Lebow
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: redirect-append (>>) creates garbage-y file

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:46 PM, William Lebow wrote:
> Hi Csaba,
>
> Thank you very much for the reply. I've downgraded my version of cygwin s=
o I
> need to wait and do the test when I have a few minutes to reinstall the
> newer one. Is the command you sent correct? I don't think tail has a "-a"
> =A0option.

That's because it should have been

echo foo | tee -a test3.txt

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