GNU bug report logs - #8961
stdbuf has no effect on some programs

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #46 received at 8961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 8961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8961: stdbuf has no effect on some programs
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 19:50:39 +0200

I wrote:
> Likewise for "-o0".

Oops, please forget the statement about -o0. With the modified GNU libiconv
'iconv' program, -o0 does make a difference:
  $ (echo -n abc; sleep 1; echo def) | iconv
vs.
  $ (echo -n abc; sleep 1; echo def) | stdbuf -o0 iconv
In the first case, output is line buffered. In the second case, "abc"
occurs immediately.

Bruno
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