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cat file > /dev/cua1 vs. cp file /dev/cual ?

cat file > /dev/cua1 vs. cp file /dev/cual ?

Post by Jay Doa » Tue, 12 Nov 1996 04:00:00



The title says it all.  I have a file containing some non-ascii
characters (that I'm using to control an X10 unit on /dev/cua1).  When
I do

cp file /dev/cua1

the command works (the bytes are all sent, evidently).  Wheras

cat file > /dev/cua1

fails.  Can someone tell me the difference between the two?

Thanks,

Jay

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cat file > /dev/cua1 vs. cp file /dev/cual ?

Post by geor.. » Tue, 12 Nov 1996 04:00:00



>The title says it all.  I have a file containing some non-ascii
>characters (that I'm using to control an X10 unit on /dev/cua1).  When
>I do

>cp file /dev/cua1

>the command works (the bytes are all sent, evidently).  Wheras

>cat file > /dev/cua1

>fails.  Can someone tell me the difference between the two?

>Thanks,

>Jay

  Some of your non-ascii characters may be EOF's in which case 'cat' may
stop before delivering the whole file. (At least the SGI I work on has
this feature...).

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cat file > /dev/cua1 vs. cp file /dev/cual ?

Post by Warwick Allis » Wed, 13 Nov 1996 04:00:00



>  Some of your non-ascii characters may be EOF's in which case 'cat' may
>stop before delivering the whole file. (At least the SGI I work on has
>this feature...).

This is not true of any normal implementation of cat.  You can cat any
data you like around with cat.  The original poster's problem was caused
by the special behaviour of device files interacting with the way cat
and cp differently access files.

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