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Re: Limit the spew of error messages resulting from "wc /bin/sh"
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: Limit the spew of error messages resulting from "wc /bin/sh" |
Date: |
Wed, 23 May 2007 07:57:53 +0200 |
"James Youngman" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 5/22/07, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hmmm, why does "wc" output _any_ such messages? The standard doesn't
>> require them and they seem like a waste of time. An invalid byte
>> should not count as part of a character or a word, but should count as
>> a byte and as part of a line.
>
> I think I agree, but I was trying to be a little cautious. Unless I
> hear an objection in the next day or so, I'll rework the patch on the
> lines you suggest.
I agree. Thanks for working on that.