[BusyBox] Small ASH patch

Vladimir N. Oleynik dzo at simtreas.ru
Wed Oct 2 02:07:03 UTC 2002


Jordan,

> Attached is a small patch to ash.c that adds support for the -n parameter 
> of the builtin 'read' function - this allows one to read N characters 
> instead of a single line.  Normally this wouldn't be an issue, 
> but I found myself wanting it when I was writing a few scripts 
> for a thin client platform - I like it better when you can enter Y 
> or N without having to press ENTER.

Hmm. bash don`t support this option ;) I not agree this patches.
I think, may be realising "-e" option for future...


--w
vodz



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