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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Strange behavior from rsh
Message-ID: <10348@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jan 88 07:36:17 GMT
References: <477@ecrcvax.UUCP>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <477@ecrcvax.UUCP> johng@ecrcvax.UUCP (John Gregor) writes:
>... I know the manual says that rsh is no good for interactive programs
>like vi and rogue, but I don't see how it can get data out of order.

Most likely, the program you are running prints some data to stdout
and some to stderr, and is not careful about buffering.  When talking
to a rsh socket, it is not talking to a tty, and stdio buffers things
differently.
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