Posted by Tim Van Wassenhove on 05/15/06 14:59

On 2006-05-15, Sebastian Araya <numisys@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to write a rotational symbol in a CLI process, to report
> activity to the user console, using printf( "%s\b", symbol ); but I see
> the control character (\b) is been printed out instead of backspacing.
>
> Is there any work around ?

Tried "%s\\b" or '%s\\b' already?

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Met vriendelijke groeten,
Tim Van Wassenhove <http://timvw.madoka.be>

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