(Limitations of Usual Tools): Document bug in Solaris 8 join.

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Paul Eggert 2005-01-13 21:03:11 +00:00
parent 230ad18242
commit 476d1383c2

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@ -11675,6 +11675,24 @@ Don't rely on @option{-w}, as Irix 6.5.16m's @command{grep} does not
support it.
@item @command{join}
@c -----------------
@prindex @command{join}
Solaris 8 @command{join} has bugs when the second operand is standard
input, and when standard input is a pipe. For example, the following
shell script causes Solaris 8 @command{join} to loop forever:
@example
cat >file <<'EOF'
1 x
2 y
EOF
cat file | join file -
@end example
Use @samp{join - file} instead.
@item @command{ln}
@c ---------------
@prindex @command{ln}