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Re: foo*
From: |
Aharon Robbins |
Subject: |
Re: foo* |
Date: |
Sun, 3 Jun 2001 12:28:02 +0300 |
Greetings. Re this:
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: foo*
> From: Dan Jacobson <............>
> Date: 01 Jun 2001 05:23:02 +0800
>
> the gawk info page says this twice:
>
> printf "%-4s", "foo"
>
> prints `foo*'.
>
> [remove asterisk]
The info file, somewhat above the example, mentions that * is used to represent
a space in the output (it calls it the bullet symbol). Thus, the * is there
on purpose.
> Plus the only the man page but not the info page mentions your bug address.
Fixed in the upcoming 3.1.0 release.
Thanks,
Arnold Robbins
- Re: foo*, Dan Jacobson, 2001/06/02
- Re: foo*,
Aharon Robbins <=