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Re: [gawk-stable] bug: fatal error when getline from directory

From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: [gawk-stable] bug: fatal error when getline from directory
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:52:02 +0100
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Paolo <address@hidden> writes:

> *I* might agree that dirs aren't "text" nor "binary" files, yet you can 
> open(2)+read(2) a dir without a glitch - you get an EOF.

read(2) on a directory often fails.

Andreas.

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