Hi, On a glibc 2.3.6 system, 'printf' produces no output for a %f directive in some cases:
$ /packages/gnu/bin/printf --version printf (GNU coreutils) 6.9 $ /packages/gnu/bin/printf %.100000000f 17 <no output> $ echo $? 0 I would have expected an error message and an exit status of 1. Likewise for %e instead of %f. 100000000 is far less than INT_MAX. Bruno _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils