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1 total messages Started by peter Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:53
Bug in shellutils-1.6/printf
#627
Author: peter
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:53
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Here is the bug report:

bash$ printf \07
HOME=/users3/peterbash$		# beeps then prints first env variable in envp
bash$ printf \07cello		# beeps then no output, treats c as \c

Thanks,
	Pete.

Sorry if it's already been fixed, but here's my patch:

---------8<---------------------8<-----------------------

*** printf.c.orig	Wed Aug 12 21:04:16 1992
--- printf.c	Wed Aug 12 21:37:56 1992
***************
*** 197,202 ****
--- 197,203 ----
        if (esc_length == 0)
  	error (1, 0, "missing hexadecimal number in escape");
        putchar (esc_value);
+       --p;
      }
    else if (*p == '0')
      {
***************
*** 205,214 ****
  	   ++esc_length, ++p)
  	esc_value = esc_value * 8 + octtobin (*p);
        putchar (esc_value);
      }
!   else if (!index ("\"\\abcfnrtv", *p))
!     error (1, 0, "\\%c: invalid escape", *p);
!   print_esc_char (*p);
    return p - escstart;
  }
  
--- 206,219 ----
  	   ++esc_length, ++p)
  	esc_value = esc_value * 8 + octtobin (*p);
        putchar (esc_value);
+       --p;
      }
!   else if (index ("\"\\abcfnrtv", *p))
!       print_esc_char (*p);
!   else
!       error (1, 0, "\\%c: invalid escape", *p);
! 
!   /* return position of end of esc-sequence relative to start */
    return p - escstart;
  }
  
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