Mail Archives: cygwin/1998/03/29/03:32:12
In article <199803220011 DOT AAA295428 AT out2 DOT ibm DOT net>, <afn06760 AT afn DOT org> wrote:
>> Bob McGowan (Bob_McGowan AT xstor DOT com)
>> Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:43:13 -0800
>>
>>I cannot shed much light on how cygwin32 might do this, but for the
>>Microsoft compilers, if I remember correctly, this is "built in" to the
>>open() function. The basic operation is \r\n to \n on input and \n to
>>\r\n on output for _TEXT_ files only. If a file is opened in BINARY
>>mode (even if it is actually only text contents) no translation occurs
>>and you will see both \r and \n in the input. So, if open() is found in
>>crtdll.dll then mingw32 should also have this feature.
>>
>Thanks. I posted a note about how lynx has an `_fmode = O_BINARY'
>statement that screws up text files and that causes the problem that
>originally got me to post. Unfortunately, the censor at cygnus.com
>has been refusing to post my messages to gnu-win32, so people like
>you keep sending in followups.
>
>Now is that an enlightened attitude, I ask you? All it does is get me
>to post this stuff to public internet forums, where cygnus certainly
>does not control what gets posted, and where slights to cygnus get
>spread much more widely than in gnu-win32.
No, paranoia is not normally considered an enlightened attitude.
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