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Re: /usr/bin/printf(1) not POSIX.2 compliant



    Date:        Sun, 21 Jul 2019 16:15:05 +0200
    From:        tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost
    Message-ID:  <20190721141505.GA4079%polynum.com@localhost>

  | For safety, in my scripts, I simply circumvent by a
  | leading "%c" or "\055"

I'd suggest %s (with a '' arg) (even %.0s to make it blatant)
as a clearer way to show what is happening

	printf %s---\\n ''

kre

ps: commits are done now.



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