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Date:      Tue, 9 Mar 1999 15:09:56 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>
To:        Thomas Schuerger <schuerge@wurzelausix.CS.Uni-SB.DE>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cat bug
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990309150942.16165C-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <199903091040.LAA21691@wurzelausix.cs.uni-sb.de>

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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Thomas Schuerger wrote:

> When using "cat" on a directory instead of a file, "cat" will output garbage characters.
> I haven't found anything in the manpages about it, but I think it should produce an error
> instead, just like Solaris or Linux does it (e.g. Linux says: "cat: /tmp: Is a directory").

Don't mistake bugs for behaviour.

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