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Re: [PATCH] [BZ #1190] Make EOF sticky in stdio.
On Feb 12 2018, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 12:22 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> wrote:
>> On Feb 12 2018, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
>>> That's been unchanged since before 1995. This only matters if the
>>> underlying file has changed in the meantime, of course;
>>
>> Interactive devices like ttys also don't have a sticky EOF.
>
> Right, I think that if there are any programs this change is likely to
> break, it's programs that use stdio to read from a tty.
On the other hand, it can also fix such programs, by no longer needing
to send EOF twice to stop it from reading further.
Andreas.
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