From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: binfmt_script and ^M
Date: 5 Mar 2001 08:53:03 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <980g9f$jo$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010305095512.A30787@tux.gsfc.nasa.gov> <Pine.LNX.3.95.1010305102226.9913A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>
Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.95.1010305102226.9913A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>
By author: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> The '\r' (^R) definitely has special significance to Unix. It's called
> "VREPRINT", in the termios structure member "c_cc".
>
'\r' is ^M, not ^R.
> There is really no such thing as "whitespace" in Unix compatible text.
> For instance, the text in a Makefile MUST use the tab character as a
> separator. Spaces won't do.
Whitespace is defined by POSIX as '\n', '\r', '\t', '\v', '\f' or ' '.
Occationally, the specific *kind* of whitespace matters -- for
example, '\n' frequently have different behaviour; as does '\t' in
make.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-03-05 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-27 13:03 binfmt_script and ^M Ivo Timmermans
2001-02-27 13:44 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-27 13:47 ` Ivo Timmermans
2001-02-27 13:54 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-27 14:36 ` Rogier Wolff
2001-02-28 20:10 ` Erik Hensema
2001-03-01 12:04 ` Pavel Machek
2001-03-05 13:20 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2001-03-05 13:37 ` Andreas Schwab
2001-03-05 13:40 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-05 14:55 ` John Kodis
2001-03-05 15:25 ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-05 15:59 ` Jeff Mcadams
2001-03-05 16:18 ` Paul Flinders
2001-03-05 17:12 ` Andreas Schwab
2001-03-05 19:54 ` Paul Flinders
2001-03-05 20:09 ` Paul Flinders
2001-03-06 10:41 ` Andreas Schwab
2001-03-06 12:33 ` Paul Flinders
2001-03-06 14:45 ` Laramie Leavitt
2001-03-06 15:12 ` Sean Hunter
2001-03-06 15:37 ` David Weinehall
2001-03-06 21:10 ` Thorsten Glaser Geuer
[not found] ` <20010308130145.O20737@dev.sportingbet.com>
2001-03-09 16:52 ` Thorsten Glaser Geuer
2001-03-06 15:53 ` James A. Sutherland
2001-03-06 16:59 ` Xavier Bestel
2001-03-07 8:29 ` Ondrej Sury
2001-03-06 18:17 ` binfmt_script and ^M (historical note) Don Dugger
2001-03-05 18:58 ` binfmt_script and ^M Pozsar Balazs
2001-03-05 20:39 ` Robert Read
2001-03-05 21:05 ` Pozsar Balazs
2001-03-05 22:34 ` Robert Read
2001-03-06 15:14 ` Jeff Coy
2001-03-06 18:15 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-03-06 18:36 ` Jeff Coy
2001-03-06 20:26 ` John Kodis
2001-03-06 20:43 ` Andreas Schwab
2001-03-06 2:18 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-05 15:50 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-05 16:53 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-03-05 21:48 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-03-06 18:19 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-03-06 21:04 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-03-05 14:56 ` [PATCH]: print missing interpreter name [Was: Re: binfmt_script and ^M] Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2001-03-05 15:59 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-05 20:18 ` [PATCH #3]: " Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2001-03-05 16:37 ` binfmt_script and ^M Erik Hensema
2001-03-05 22:13 ` Pavel Machek
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-02-27 13:42 Heusden, Folkert van
2001-02-27 13:38 ` Ivo Timmermans
2001-02-27 14:01 ` Bruce Harada
2001-02-27 19:20 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-02-27 19:59 ` Don Dugger
2001-02-27 21:35 ` Rogier Wolff
2001-02-27 13:53 Heusden, Folkert van
2001-02-27 14:26 ` Alistair Riddell
2001-02-27 23:22 ` David
2001-02-28 14:07 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-02-28 22:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-03-05 19:14 Jesse Pollard
2001-03-06 20:54 ` Thorsten Glaser Geuer
2001-03-05 21:15 Andries.Brouwer
2001-03-06 13:55 Jesse Pollard
2001-03-06 14:54 ` Andreas Schwab
2001-03-06 15:56 Jesse Pollard
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