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From: Byron Rakitzis <byron>
To: rc
Subject: Re:  is there any clever way to do 'read' in rc scripts?
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1991 17:25:07 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <91Sep16.172519cdt.18946@archone.tamu.edu> (raw)

I think that in general you will run into trouble with utilities that
buffer their input. Therefore you'll need to write a C program that
reads 1 character at a time up to a newline, then quits.

Please someone tell me I'm wrong.


             reply	other threads:[~1991-09-16 22:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1991-09-16 22:25 Byron Rakitzis [this message]
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1991-09-17  8:26 malte
1991-09-16 22:21 Rich Salz
1991-09-16 21:59 Chris Siebenmann

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