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Re: [patches] Fix cross testing for posix/globtest.out



On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Jim Blandy wrote:

> Thanks for fixing this.  I'm surprised that printf is more portable
> than echo -n, but I see now that it is so.

Differences between different implementations of echo (regarding handling 
of arguments starting with "-" or containing "\") are part of the POSIX 
(1992) rationale for adding the printf utility.

> Wouldn't printf '"' work just as well?

Yes.

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Joseph S. Myers
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