Re: ls : call via 'tcsh -c ls' (cygwin)

[Eric Blake]

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According to J.B.W.Webber on 12/8/2005 5:28 PM:
> 
> Probably not a bug, just a 'feature' that is
> biting me :
> I am calling ls from a high-level language : Apl :
>       MicroApl's AplX
> (free download :  http://www.microapl.co.uk/APL/index.html )

If it is a bug, it is in AplX and not in coreutils.

>       .quad Host 'c:\cygwin\bin\tcsh.exe -c /bin/ls'
> 
> 
> I am getting a directory listing, but there are no separators
> between the file names :
>   List.htmltsttxt.txtwaterhorse.co.htmlweb-page_search-list.txt

It looks like the Apl tool is stripping \n characters from the output of ls.

> 
> I have checked numerically for any non printing spacers and see nothing.
> I believe that ls has worked fine, called this way, in the past.
> 
> Other programs, such as catting a file etc., work fine, with the expected
> CR characters.

ls does NOT output CR characters; POSIX does not permit that.  Typically,
Windows tools in general do not interact very well with POSIX tools.  You
are probably going to find more help by asking on a list that deals with
Windows issues (such as cygwin), or taking the issue to the Apl providers,
rather than here.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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