28 Mar
2025
28 Mar
'25
12:37 a.m.
POSIX.1 is clear - a regular file is a sequence of bytes and that is the
only requirement. See my previous email where I give the section number
which is very crisp.
Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual
On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM Rob Pike <robpike(a)gmail.com> wrote:
What is a "character" according to POSIX? I
suspect it's just a byte,
which is a long-outdated definition, the char keyword notwithstanding.
-rob