\b ?

From: Gernot Frisch (Me_at_Privacy.net)
Date: 03/17/05

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:21:30 +0100

printf("<return>");
getchar();
printf("\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b");

printf("Some new text");

output:

<return>
Some new text

What did I do wrong?

-- 
-Gernot
int main(int argc, char** argv) {printf 
("%silto%c%cf%cgl%ssic%ccom%c", "ma", 58, 'g', 64, "ba", 46, 10);}

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