Re: [netmod] Where can I use <CODE BEGINS> <CODE ENDS> ? - rfcstrip

[Erik Auerswald <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

On 30.03.20 18:10, Balázs Lengyel wrote:
 > From: Kent Watsen <[e-mail]>
 > > [...]
 > > All The extracted files (including the two that are NOT folded)
 > > contain a ‘^@‘ character at the EOF.   This must be something
 > > introduced by `rfcstrip` because `rfcfold` does a simple file-level
 > > copy when unfolding isn't needed.
> [...]
> I do not see the additional ^@ at EOF.  I tested it on cygwin, which is mostly GNU compatible.
> 
> This is how my file ends
> 
> 3c 2f 69 6e 73 74 61 6e 63 65 2d 64 61 74 61 2d 73 65 74 3e 00 ---- </instance-data-set>

This shows a NUL byte at the end.  In "cat -A" output a NUL byte is
shown as "^@":

     $ printf -- '%s' 3c 2f 69 6e 73 74 61 6e 63 65 2d 64 61 74 61 2d \
                      73 65 74 3e 00 | xxd -r -p | cat -A
</instance-data-set>^@

Your use of "grep -z" shows that NUL bytes are used as line endings
instead of NL bytes ("Line Feed" character, '\n').

I did not look into this further since Martin seems to be working on an
alternate implementation.

Thanks,
Erik