Re: Ping - error?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:04:28 +0100 (BST)

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> It's the same on a Windows and a HP-UX box. I guess it's libc or the
> shell which is to blame, but why does it incorrectly parse 036 as 30?
> I know that 036 in octal is 30, but I didn't specify a backslash.

The behaviour is correct. A leading 0 indicates octal

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