In <[email protected]>, on
09/16/2014
   at 06:20 PM, Paul Gilmartin
<[email protected]> said:

>But empirically I discover:

>o If the first catenand is an empty instream data set, the remaining
>catenands are
>  transmitted regardless.

>o If the first catenand is an empty UNIX file, the remaining
>catenands are not transmitted.

>o Otherwise, catenands following an empty catenand interior are
>transmitted.

>Can anyone supply a rationale for these behaviors?

C2H5OH?
 
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