David Guntner wrote: > Anne Wilson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Friday 01 Aug 2003 5:49 pm, Felix Miata wrote:
> > > This is the old fashioned way, something I learned in 1973. > > Hmmm - I suppose the 'd' stood for something? > Nope. Control-D is simply used as an end-of-file indicator. If you EOF a > *lot* of different program inputs, it will end that program (or at least, > end it from looking for further input :). In the case of a shell prompt, > it's *only* looking for input from you, so if you EOF it, it assums that > you're done and closes. I think Ctrl-D was selected 30+ years ago to mean EOF as a keyboard mnemonic to D for disconnect (teletype/modem/EOT), as opposed to E or Z for end or S for stop or Q for quit. M$-DOS (much younger than *nix) does use Ctrl-Z/F6 to mean EOF. -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
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