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From: ries@arcturus (Marc Ries)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: Emacs and truncated files hosing SCCS
Keywords: help
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Date: 8 May 89 19:32:45 GMT
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     [I'm not an Emacs specialist (and/but) I am trying to
      solve  a  problem with very little information to go
      on.  Maybe a net reader can help:]

 We  have an off-site SUN 3.4 GNU Emacs user (I'll have to
 assume V18.53) who is having trouble SCCSing files  after
 editing.   The last carriage-return (before EOF) is being
 stripped  off  the  file.   Since  SCCS  expects  certain
 "on-a-line-by-itself"  syntax, the SCCS command will bomb
 with an 'co5: "premature eof"' error.

 For example (note the last line in each case):

    Normal SCCS file:

    ^Ah11717
    <deleted>
    Sun UNIX 4.2 Release 3.4 (SPICA) #2: Mon Jan 11 01:18:58 PST 1988<CR>
    ^AE 1

    Problem files:
 
    ^Ah11717
    <deleted>
    Sun UNIX 4.2 Release 3.4 (SPICA) #2: Mon Jan 11 01:18:58 PST 1988^AE 1

 Local  users, using both VI and JOVE (along with the same
 application software) have had no problems.   M$QUESTION:
 Since  emacs  normally  doesn't  exhibit  this  trait, it
 sounds like "operator  error".   But  where  and/or  what
 should I be looking for?  Any ideas?

     Marc Ries
           <somewhere>!ries

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