Date: Sun, 7 May 1995 09:03:03 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD bugs list) Subject: Re: bin/386: *s field width specification doesn't seem to work for printf Message-ID: <199505070703.JAA07597@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199505070445.OAA02207@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at May 7, 95 02:45:47 pm
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As Bruce Evans wrote: > > printf(1) doesn't seem to do any more error checking than printf(3). Yes, but it should (since it's a user program, and not only a function provided to developers). > No, the 8 is the (minimum) field width. > > printf "%.*s" 8 foobarblatt I remembered this later, too. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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