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Re: [bug-gawk] gawk stops reading input at SUB character
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: [bug-gawk] gawk stops reading input at SUB character |
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Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:41:49 +0300 |
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> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:18:32 -0600
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> Should binary mode be the default?
No, of course not. As a native Windows program, Gawk should behave
like all the other native programs which process text.
A ^Z character in the middle of a file on Windows _really_ means it's
a binary file.
(Users who want Gawk on Windows to use binary I/O by default should
use the Cygwin port of Gawk.)