Z.Wang@CS.UCL.AC.UK (Zheng Wang, Ext: 3701) (02/15/89)
Dear All; I have a problem with xrdb -query with X11R3. "xrdb -query" is supposed to print the resource database file. But "xrdb -query" on our system only produces the first line of the database file. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Zheng
dheller@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Dan Heller) (02/15/89)
In article <8902150128.AA29482@expo.lcs.mit.edu> Z.Wang@CS.UCL.AC.UK (Zheng Wang, Ext: 3701) writes: >I have a problem with xrdb -query with X11R3. "xrdb -query" is >supposed to print the resource database file. But "xrdb -query" >on our system only produces the first line of the database file. Lemme guess- you're running sunOS 4.0? If so, there is a bug with fputs where it plugs a null after the first newline. xrdb -query outputs everything in one string and fputs it out. since sunOS-4.0 has this bug, you are left with a one-line output. My misc comment is in response to someone's request that responses to questions be mailed to the original poster if possible. I really would appreciate the opposite -- many questions are frequently asked and I'm very interested in the responses and whatever conversation tangents from there. for example, I still don't know how to convert my sun fonts into fonts suitable for R3. I figured out how to do it in R2, but the same thing doesn't work in R3. A few people asked this yet there was no posted response. I don't mind hitting 'n' on articles that I'm not interested in. And now for the cheap advertising... on expo.lcs.mit.edu, the contrib directory has a new dclock.tar.Z -- this one works under both R2 and R3 and contains a new option for 24/hr time format (thanx to a suggestion by your buddy and mine, Jordan Hubbard). Dan Heller <island!argv@sun.com>
Z.Wang@CS.UCL.AC.UK (Zheng Wang, Ext: 3701) (02/15/89)
It could be better if the responses to the questions be sent
to original mailing list after editing.
Zheng
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As Bob, Dan and other people guessed. The problem with
xrdb -query on our system is due to a bug in fputs in SUN OS4.0.
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From: Bob Scheifler <rws@edu.mit.lcs.expo>
Subject: Re: Problem on xrdb -query
You didn't say what system you were on. I'm guessing SunOS 4.0.
If so, it's a bug in SunOS fputs, not in xrdb.
I think you can find the line with fputs
fputs (xdefs, stdout);
and change it to
printf ("%s", xdefs); /* fputs broken in SunOS 4.0 */