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Date: Sat, 6 May 1995 18:50:01 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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Subject: bin/386: *s field width specification doesn't seem to work for printf
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>Number:         386
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       *s field width specification for printf seems to loop
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs (FreeBSD bugs mailing list)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat May  6 18:50:00 1995
>Originator:     Jordan K. Hubbard
>Organization:
Walnut Creek CDROM
>Release:        FreeBSD BUILT-19950425 i386
>Environment:

	See Release

>Description:

	Try this:  printf "%8*s" foobarblatt

	It will loop forever.  The man page would tend to indicate that it,
	or perhaps rather %*8s, should print the arg truncated to 8 characters.
	Either way, it shouldn't loop.

>How-To-Repeat:

	See above.

>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: