Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <19991122211209.1217.rocketmail@web109.yahoomail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:12:09 -0800 (PST) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com Subject: Re: 0x1a bug - its not just awk To: Gareth Williams , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Cc: gareth@dgwsoft.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Gareth Williams 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 Cygwin Newbies, please visit __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com