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From: davy@sparkyfs.istc.sri.com (David Curry)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Possible bug in SunOS System V echo?
Message-ID: <30880@sparkyfs.istc.sri.com>
Date: 10 Apr 90 15:16:55 GMT
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Reply-To: davy@intrepid.itstd.sri.com.UUCP (David Curry)
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025
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In article <35818@cci632.UUCP> tvf@cci632.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer) writes:
>
>I have a better idea - why not just build an echo that understands all the
>Berkeley and System V stuff?  I don't like the idea of adding another switch
>to a widely used program that puts you into "System V mode" or some such.
>It becomes too tempting to do the same thing to all the other incompatible
>commands.

It's been done.  See PD2:<UNIX-C.UTILS>ECHO.TAR-Z in the UNIX-SW archives
on WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (do the FTP in "tenex" mode, not "image" or
"binary" mode).  It's written by David MacKenzie <edf@rocky2.rockefeller.edu>.

It's also in the comp.sources archives somewhere; check your copy of the
index.

Dave Curry
UNIX-SW Moderator
DCURRY@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL