From:	root AT jacob DOT remcomp DOT fr (root)
Subject:	Re: using cat on binary files (CTRL-Z trauma)
19 Oct 1996 12:21:58 -0700 :
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Original-To:	jcook AT mseng DOT kla DOT com (John Cook)
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In-Reply-To:	<326803E3@mscorp.kla.com> from "John Cook" at Oct 18, 96 03:24:00 pm
Original-Sender:	owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

> 
> 
> 
> When I try to cat a binary file, cat bails upon receiving
> the first CTRL-Z byte.  CTRL-Z is the DOS end-of-file character
> (right?) 

Wrong!
DOS doesn't use the Ctrl-Z character since (at least) DOS 3.X
i.e. several centuries ago in this rapîdly moving field! We are
now in DOS Windows NT style, quite a change since
C:>



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