From: Sascha Zapf <nc-zapfsa AT netcologne DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Binary and Text Files
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:19:56 +0100
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Hi,

the problem is that Text Mode Files ends at the CTRL-Z char. For Text
Files it's O.K. Thats the end of the file. But if you open some binarys
in text mode, you'll get the EOF much earlier than the real end of file
( without an error )..That makes Problems if you want copy files.

Sascha