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From:   David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] selftests/ftrace: Use printf for backslash included
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Thread-Topic: [PATCH v2] selftests/ftrace: Use printf for backslash included
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Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 13:46:35 +0000
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From: Masami Hiramatsu
> Sent: 11 May 2020 14:38
> 
> Hi Andreas and David,
> 
> OK, what about this fix?

No idea what it is trying to do or why.
Just a way of avoiding the differences between SYSV and BSD /bin/echo.

IIRC Posix allows both behaviours (and probably others).

	David

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