Re: which echo.c would you choose?

[Uwe Ohse <uwe_(_at_)_ohse_(_dot_)_de>]

On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 09:54:39AM -0800, Jonathan Cline wrote:

> Tell me, which version is the best and why?

version e, the one with the
    fflush(stdout);
	exit(ferror(stdout)!=0);
at the end.

int
main(int argc,char **av)
{
  int i=1;
  int n=0;
  char sep=' ';
  int nosep=0;
#ifdef OVERFEATURED
  /* careful: this can open a can of worms: usually i install that as Echo */
  char *e=getenv("ECHO");
  if (e) {
    while (*e) {
      if (*e=='n' || *e=='N') n=1; /* noNewline */
      if (*e=='f' || *e=='F') sep='\n'; /* lineFeed */
      if (*e=='s' || *e=='S') if (strpbrk(e,"sS")) nosep=1;
      if (*e=='0') sep='\0';
      e++;
    }
  } else
#endif
    n=(argc>1 && av[i][0]=='-' && av[i][1]=='n' && !av[i][2] && i++);
  while (av[i]) {
    fputs(av[i],stdout);
    if (av[++i] && !nosep) putchar(sep);
  }
  if (!n) putchar('\n');
  fflush(stdout);
  exit(ferror(stdout)!=0);
}

Regards, Uwe