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Re: file descriptors opened as text files
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 06:21:08PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
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>> Its not a Cygwin invention. Its a MS one. Check out the documentation
>> for open()/_open() on the MSDN. They use the _O_BINARY flag. Don't get me
>> wrong. I hate text mode in all its forms. Perhaps Cygwin could've forgone
>> its use here. Maybe not. However, doing so here follows the MS lead and
>> wasn't a Cygwin concoction.
>I don't use MS development softwares. That's not the point here.
Sorry. Yes, it is the point here. Cygwin tries to emulate MSVC with
respect to the binary/text mode stuff.
Unless you can prove some incompatibility, get over it. It's not going
to change.
cgf
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