On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 05:01:25PM -0500, Eric Gillespie wrote:
> Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org> writes:
> 
> > > (ignore the fact that POSIX-2001 bans -n as well -- that'll be fixed in TC1
> > )
> > 
> > That's still true (XCU/TC1/D1/7, if you want to look it up).
> 
> Well there you go; the standard changes again.  That's why this
> entire discussion is purely academic from my point of view; you
> have to use printf if you're doing anything other than 'echo "foo"'
> or 'echo "foo $bar"'.  echo is completely unreliable.

output of echo "foo $bar" depends on what bar contains...

FWIW I got printf running as a builting to /bin/sh this afternoon.
Not too hard - was 'temporarily removed' once according to SCCS!

(fixed a buffer overflow problem in printf at the same time,
printf "%1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111d\n" 42
generates a core dump.)

Might submit a PR tomorrow (today) if anyone might consider applying it.

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk