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diff --git a/README_d/OBSOLETE/README.linux b/README_d/OBSOLETE/README.linux deleted file mode 100644 index 9ba15c51..00000000 --- a/README_d/OBSOLETE/README.linux +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -Thu Apr 17 14:41:17 EDT 1997 - -Some Linux systems, notably RedHat systems through RedHat 4.1, have the -symbolic links for /dev/stdin and /dev/stdout messed up. Specifically, -/dev/stdin is linked to ../proc/self/fd/1 and /dev/stdout to -../proc/self/fd/0. This is backwards. This causes strange behavior -when using those files from within gawk. - -Removing and redoing the symlinks fixes the problem. It is fixed in -post-4.1 RedHat Linux. - -Arnold Robbins -arnold@skeeve.com - -Sun Aug 3 15:07:06 EDT 1997 - -As of version 3.1 of gawk, this is no longer a problem, since gawk now -completely interprets the special file names internally. - -Arnold Robbins -arnold@skeeve.com |