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Subject: Re: Trouble w/ I/O in Hack 1.0.2 on SVR2
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 10:26:00 EDT
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Nf-From: unido!hmm    Apr 29 12:26:00 1985

In the SYSV Terminal driver, the field for the EOF character has
another meaning in raw i/o: it denotes a minimal char count.
I assume you have EOF set to ctl-D, the ASCII code for this is 4.
Guess what happens ?  read() returns when 4 chars are read.

Simple fix:
Set EOF to ctl-A (ASCII 1) before you play hack.
Don't forget to reset it after playing !

Better fix:
Find the terminal initialization routine in hack (sorry, I haven't got
the time to do it myself) and fix it.  Maybe you should post it,
since this bug should occur on all SYSV hacks...

	Hans-Martin Mosner
	Universitaet Dortmund (Germany)
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