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From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: console FST EOF
Keywords: Apple IIGS GS/OS console FST EOF
Message-ID: <3539@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 14 Aug 89 15:59:04 GMT
References: <10727@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <10727@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>How does one type an "end of file" to the console when, e.g., the following
>APW C program is run:
>
>/* character counter */
>#include 
>main()
>{	int n = 0;
>	while (getchar() != EOF)
>		++n;
>	printf("%d\n", n);
>}
>
>I desperately need this facility and was unable to find any mention of it
>in the various GS/OS and ProDOS-16 docs I have obtained from APDA.
>
>If this is currently impossible, please fix it in a near-future release
>of GS/OS.  It is absurd to have to reboot the computer simply because
>one's program happens to be stuck in a read loop.

	Try Ctrl-Z, it is the ASCII code for EOF.

Cary Farrier
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