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Re: Request for clarification in cygwin setup


--- Gustavo Guerra <gustavobt@mail.com> wrote:
> In the Cygwin Setup what does exactly means setting "Default Text
> File Type"
> to DOS or Unix? I don't find it anywhere on the docs or FAQs. It
> means that
> the text files part of the cygwin distribution will be in that
> format, that
> all the files we create will have that as a default, something
> else? What
> are the pros of selecting Unix? Isn't selecting DOS more compatible
> with the
> rest of Windows?

Dos = Text Mode
Unix = Binary Mode

Check the documentation again, you will find the answers you seek
there.

Cheers,
Nicholas

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