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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: read() from tty has fencepost error
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Date: Fri, 3-Jul-87 14:57:56 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  3 14:57:56 1987
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> That is correct behavior...

Uh, correct by whose definition, Doug?  The original Unix semantics of
EOT were the "push" semantics (as opposed to the "delimiter" semantics you
describe), in which the EOT forces the existing input queue (possibly
zero-length) to be pushed through to the user, and then disappears utterly.
-- 
Mars must wait -- we have un-         Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
finished business on the Moon.     {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry