* Alan Cox said: > > It *may* be a good idea to switch to printf in the long run, but I would > > have been much happier if SUS didn't break echo in the first place. > > Its much better than this. > > SUS says -n is invalid and not allowed but you must support \c etc > POSIX says -n is valid and that you must not support \c > > GNU appears to be going POSIX And so is the Linux kernel, right? THen I see no reason to follow SuS esp. in the areas when it's abviously a braindamage with no apparent reason. marek
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