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Re: Where does the sugar go? (was Re: Sort problem )

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From: Boyd Roberts
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 19:05
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In article <1992Aug2.143248.25046@druid.uucp>, darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
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> Or do like ls(1) and find out if the output device is a tty, pipe or whatever.

Yep, that really sucks.  Never do that.


Boyd Roberts			boyd@prl.dec.com

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Subject: Re: Where does the sugar go? (was Re: Sort problem )
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