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From: aimaint@utai.UUCP (Andrew Gullen)
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Subject: Problem with Franz 38.91 (under 4.2bsd)
Message-ID: <1087@utai.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 17:12:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 18 17:12:32 1985
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Problem with saved Franz images under 4.2bsd :

There is a problem with saved images under Franz Lisp, at least up to 
Opus 38.91 . When a saved executable is started, the initialization code 
fails to clear the buffer for the standard input. The result is that
if the standard input was directed to a file at the time the dumplisp
was executed, the reborn image may read s-expressions which followed
the dumplisp call in the file. For example, if the file myfile.l
contained
    (progn (patom "Before dumplisp") (terpri))
    (dumplisp /scr/demo)
    (progn (patom "After dumplisp") (terpri))
then the shell command
    lisp <myfile.l 
will create an executable in /scr/demo which on invocation will print
    After dumplisp
as its first action. The obvious workaround, when the shell command is in
a shell file, is to substitute
    lisp <<EOF-MARKER
    (include myfile)
    EOF-MARKER

                          Andrew Gullen    
                          (aimaint@toronto.csnet)