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Re: binary mode from non-Cygwin shells?
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- Subject: Re: binary mode from non-Cygwin shells?
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:12:28 -0800 (PST)
--- Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> We changed the default some time ago at the request of an, er, customer
> who was distressed at seeing files with \n's and no \r\n's.
>
> Pipes have nothing to do with this. The standard output of a program
> is controlled by the CYGWIN=[no]binmode setting when the program is
> run outside of a cygwin environment.
>
> Undoubtedly the documentation has not been updated to reflect this.
>
So, if a customer wants it changed to default to binmode, what would he have to
do? ;?
Cheers,
=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
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