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Re: Why text=binary mounts
- To: Tomas Fasth <tomas dot fasth at twinspot dot net>, <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Why text=binary mounts
- From: Guy Gascoigne - Piggford <ggp at informix dot com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 12:26:16 -0800
- References: <01BD1C69.BBA294A0.tiberius@braemarinc.com>
At 08:49 PM 1/9/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Oh no. Not in this universe. For reasons too many to list.
>It may come as a surprise for you that the DOS way is not the right way.
>Life can be cruel sometimes...
But the point is that the UNIX way isn't the one true way either, we have
to cope with both, period. Ignoring the difference is certainly one
approach, but not necessarily the only one.
Guy
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Guy Gascoigne - Piggford (ggp@informix.com)
Software Engineer, Informix Software, Inc. (Portland, Oregon)
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