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From: Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.ORG>
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	from schweikh@schweikhardt.net on Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 04:34:48PM +0200
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Subject: Re: bug or feature in m4?
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 04:34:48PM +0200, Jens Schweikhardt wrote:

> hello, world\n
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a bug, feature or a misunderstanding of mine. I
> would expect the m4 syscmd macro to be replaced at the point where it
> appears in the input, but apparently its output appears at the very
> beginning.

There's probably a missing call to fflush(). I'll check it out.


Tim