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Re: open() and EOFError

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Date Tue, 8 Jul 2014 10:46:35 -0500
From Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
To Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On 2014-07-09 01:24, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 1:20 AM, Tim Chase
> > Okay, EOF is the canonical way to tell a program reading stdin
> > that you're done.  It just happens that EOF ^D on *nix-likes and
> > ^Z on Win32. :-)
> >
> > -tkc
> 
> I can't think of any Windows-native programs that ask for EOF. Only
> those which came from POSIX platforms do it. That said, though,
> Windows doesn't tend to encourage interactive command-line programs
> at all, so you may as well just follow the Unix convention.

There was a time in life where I used "copy con output.txt" on a
disturbingly frequent basis.  Control+Z ended my file for me.

-tkc

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open() and EOFError Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-07 03:20 +0000
  Re: open() and EOFError Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-07-07 17:04 +1200
    Re: open() and EOFError Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-07 08:00 +0000
      Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 18:09 +1000
      Re: open() and EOFError Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-07-07 08:14 -0400
      Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 22:19 +1000
        Re: open() and EOFError Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 08:46 -0400
          Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 22:58 +1000
            Re: open() and EOFError Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 20:26 -0400
          Re: open() and EOFError Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-07-08 09:50 +1200
        Re: open() and EOFError Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-07 15:45 +0000
          Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-08 01:53 +1000
          Re: open() and EOFError Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-07 19:08 +0300
            Re: open() and EOFError Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-07 19:12 +0300
      Re: open() and EOFError Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 08:39 -0400
        Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 22:55 +1000
          Re: open() and EOFError Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 20:28 -0400
        Re: open() and EOFError Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-07-07 14:49 -0400
          Re: open() and EOFError Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-07-08 10:04 +1200
            Re: open() and EOFError Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-08 14:19 +0000
              Re: open() and EOFError Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-07-08 11:08 -0400
              Re: open() and EOFError Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-07-08 10:20 -0500
              Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 01:24 +1000
              Re: open() and EOFError Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-07-08 10:46 -0500
                Re: open() and EOFError Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-08 21:05 -0400
                Re: open() and EOFError Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-07-10 22:40 +0300
              Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 01:49 +1000
              Re: ^D vs ^Z as EOF and DOS dinosaurs talking (was: open() and EOFError) Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-07-08 10:57 -0500
                Re: ^D vs ^Z as EOF and DOS dinosaurs talking (was: open() and EOFError) Jan van den Broek <balglaas@xs4all.nl> - 2014-07-08 16:38 +0000
              Re: ^D vs ^Z as EOF and DOS dinosaurs talking (was: open() and EOFError) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 02:20 +1000
              Re: open() and EOFError Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-07-08 11:40 -0500
              Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 02:50 +1000
          Re: open() and EOFError Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-08 09:03 +0000
            Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-08 20:29 +1000
      Re: open() and EOFError Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-07 14:06 +0100
      Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 23:27 +1000
      Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 23:29 +1000
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        Re: open() and EOFError Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-07 20:31 +0300
          Re: open() and EOFError Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-07 18:07 +0000
            Re: open() and EOFError Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-07 21:42 +0300
            Re: open() and EOFError Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 20:22 -0400
          Re: open() and EOFError Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-07-08 10:09 +1200
            Re: open() and EOFError Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-08 00:10 +0100
            Re: open() and EOFError "Neil D. Cerutti" <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-07-08 10:29 -0400
      Re: open() and EOFError Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-08 03:29 +1000
        Re: open() and EOFError Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-07 20:40 +0300
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