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From: btwomey@cbnewsj.att.com (william.tw0mey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.editors,comp.unix.misc
Subject: vi can't handle ":! cmd %"
Keywords: vi compile
Message-ID: <1990Nov27.210425.25747@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 27 Nov 90 21:04:25 GMT
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I'm running System V, R3.2.3 and ksh88d. While in vi editing
foo.c, with shell=/bin/ksh, if I try

:! cc %

I get a message to the effect that cc can't access foo.c.
Now the interesting part is if I try

:!echo % | od -c

I get
0000000   f   o   o   .   c  \n
	346 357 357 256 343 012
0000006

which is the characters for "foo.c" but with the high order bits set.

Is vi/ex compiled incorrectly?

What flags have to be redefined for vi to pass the filename to 
the shell with the high order bits unset?

Thanks,
Bill Twomey, cbnewsj!btwomey attmail!btwomey journey!btwomey