1# From spcecdt@armory.com Mon May 5 14:37:09 2003 2# Return-Path: <spcecdt@armory.com> 3# Received: from localhost (skeeve [127.0.0.1]) 4# by skeeve.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h45B1GvT031993 5# for <arnold@localhost>; Mon, 5 May 2003 14:37:09 +0300 6# Received: from actcom.co.il [192.114.47.1] 7# by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.9.0) 8# for arnold@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 05 May 2003 14:37:09 +0300 (IDT) 9# Received: by actcom.co.il (mbox arobbins) 10# (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.31 1998/05/13) Mon May 5 14:35:11 2003) 11# X-From_: spcecdt@armory.com Mon May 5 12:20:20 2003 12# Received: from smtp1.actcom.net.il by actcom.co.il with ESMTP 13# (8.11.6/actcom-0.2) id h459KC529186 for <arobbins@actcom.co.il>; 14# Mon, 5 May 2003 12:20:15 +0300 (EET DST) 15# (rfc931-sender: smtp.actcom.co.il [192.114.47.13]) 16# Received: from f7.net (consort.superb.net [209.61.216.22]) 17# by smtp1.actcom.net.il (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h459LMfl025854 18# for <arobbins@actcom.co.il>; Mon, 5 May 2003 12:21:24 +0300 19# Received: from armory.com (deepthought.armory.com [192.122.209.42]) 20# by f7.net (8.11.7/8.11.6) with SMTP id h459K9I26841 21# for <arnold@skeeve.com>; Mon, 5 May 2003 05:20:09 -0400 22# Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 02:20:08 -0700 23# From: "John H. DuBois III" <spcecdt@armory.com> 24# To: Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> 25# Subject: Re: gawk 3.1.2b now available 26# Message-ID: <20030505092008.GA15970@armory.com> 27# References: <200305041149.h44BnLcm005484@localhost.localdomain> 28# Mime-Version: 1.0 29# Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30# Content-Disposition: inline 31# In-Reply-To: <200305041149.h44BnLcm005484@localhost.localdomain> 32# User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i 33# X-Www: http://www.armory.com./~spcecdt/ 34# Sender: spcecdt@armory.com 35# X-SpamBouncer: 1.4 (10/07/01) 36# X-SBClass: OK 37# Status: RO 38# 39# This is a curious one: 40# 41# gawk-3.1.2b 'BEGIN { 42# while (("echo" | getline) == 1) 43# ; 44# RS = "" 45# "echo \"a\n\nb\"" | getline y 46# print x 47# }' | hd 48# 49# The output is: 50# 51# 0000 00 13 0a ... 52# 0003 53# 54# (the uninitialized variable 'x' is somehow getting the value <null><control-S>) 55# 56# John 57# -- 58# John DuBois spcecdt@armory.com KC6QKZ/AE http://www.armory.com/~spcecdt/ 59# 60BEGIN { 61 while (("echo" | getline) == 1) 62 ; 63 RS = "" 64 "echo \"a\n\nb\"" | getline y 65 printf "y = <%s>\n", y # ADR 66 printf "x = <%s>\n", x # ADR 67} 68