Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!bronze.ucs.indiana.edu!speelmo From: speelmo@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Lance Speelmon - UCS) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: It's unexplainable... Message-ID: <1991Jan30.203605.14481@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Date: 30 Jan 91 20:36:05 GMT Sender: speelmo@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Lance Speelmon - UCS) Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 28 Would anyone please explain to me why my output is not what I am expecting... Here is a script of my source and the output... Thanks, Lance ----------------------------------------------------- Script started on Wed Jan 30 15:15:36 1991 /dev/ttyp1: Not owner bronze::/u3/speelmo/c/test:26>> cat foo.c #include void main(void){ printf("The date is: "); system("date"); printf("\n"); } bronze::/u3/speelmo/c/test:27>> cc foo.c bronze::/u3/speelmo/c/test:28>> a.out Wed Jan 30 15:16:17 EST 1991 The date is: bronze::/u3/speelmo/c/test:29>> script done on Wed Jan 30 15:16:21 1991 -- ============================================================================== | Lance Speelmon | University Computing Services | | speelmo@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu | Network Operations Center | ==============================================================================