Hi Martin, On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 12:49:11PM +0200, Martin Dickopp wrote: > dash does not handle NUL characters in scripts gracefully. To reproduce > this, create the following script: > > echo 'foo^@' > echo 'bar^@' > echo 'baz^@' > > The characters depicted here as ^@ should be single NUL characters. > > When run in dash, this script generates the following output: > > foo > bar > t.sh: 5: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string > > (Please note that the third line is referred to as line 5, and the error > message is also somewhat confusing.) > > The code in input.c around line 304 as well as various comments indicate > that the intention is that NUL characters are silently ignored, but it > seems that this doesn't always work.
yes, I can reproduce this, and confirm that skipping NUL doesn't work properly. I'll take a look and forward upstream. Thanks, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
