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From: EPA AT datcon DOT co DOT uk (Edward Avis)
Subject: RE: Another newbie onboard...
27 May 1998 20:26:39 -0700 :
Message-ID: <c=GB%a=TMAILUK%p=DCNET%l=EXCHANGE2-980527172643Z-3326.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp.datcon.co.uk>
To: "'mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de'" <mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de>,
"'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'"
<gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

[about binary mounts]

>See above - there is nothing the like on a Unix system, because they
>are only there to emulate Unix on Win32.

Actually, I'd say that _all_ mounts on Unix systems are binary mounts.
It is the special text mounts, converting CRLF <-> LF, that are there to
emulate Unix on Win32.

--
Ed Avis <http://members.tripod.com/~mave>
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