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RE: changing text file type from DOS to unix?


Much thanks!  -Anoop

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu]
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:25 PM
> To: Anoop Ghanwani
> Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
> Subject: Re: changing text file type from DOS to unix?
> 
> 
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Anoop Ghanwani wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to install a package that needs the text
> > file type to be unix, but have previously installed
> > Cygwin with the file type of DOS.
> >
> > Is it possible to change the text file type from DOS to
> > unix without doing a reinstall of Cygwin?  When I
> > go through setup, if I select the file type as "unix"
> > but don't select any new packages, it doesn't do
> > anything.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Anoop
> 
> eval "`mount -m | grep -i cygwin | sed 's/-t/-b/'`"
> 	Igor
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