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Re: File truncated at ^Z character in windows
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: File truncated at ^Z character in windows |
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Sat, 14 Feb 2004 08:43:36 +0000 |
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John Russell <jorussel@cisco.com> wrote on 13 Feb 2004 16:03:04 -0500:
> I just moved my all my emacs customization stuff to windows.
> Everything seems to work ok except for one thing.
> One of the files stops when it sees a ^Z character.
[ .... ]
> And that's it. That's the end of the file. Does anyone know what is
> special about the ^Z character that makes the file end like that?
I seem to remember from my long lost dark ages (~1986) that MS-DOS text
files were expected to end in an End-Of-File character. Yes, you've
guessed it, ASCII 26, EOF, ^Z. It was a pain in the posterior even then.
> Thanks for the help.
Two suggestions: (i) write the ^Z as an octal escape sequence, or
something like that; (ii) move your customization stuff back to a free
system again. ;-)
> John
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