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Re: decmips 7.3M: dosread

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Tue Sep 3 23:37:04 1991

To: Shamu the Chiller Whale <krishna@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Cc: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, cfyi@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: [8094] in Athena Bugs
Reply-To: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 91 23:37:28 EDT
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>

>> the way files are stored these days.  Now instead of a ^Z for eof,
>> there's a ^D at the beginning and end of a file, I think.  Anyone want
>> to verify this?

I certainly hope this isn't the case.  ^Z has been the EOF char for
MS/PC-DOS since 1981.  Why do you think it's changed?

		Marc

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