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From:	"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi AT ipass DOT net>
To:	"Ian T Zimmerman" <itz AT lbin DOT com>, <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	RE: .bashrc strange behavior
Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 1999 20:57:03 -0400
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> >>>>> "Earnie" == Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com> writes:
>
>     Earnie> This problem is related to the text vs binary issue.  The
>     Earnie> user has the files mounted in binary mode.  The .bashrc
>     Earnie> has \r\n (or text mode) line endings.  The \r is being
>     Earnie> input into the buffer instead of removed causing the
>     Earnie> problems you are seeing.
>
>     Earnie> This is the reason I preach leaving the default text
>     Earnie> mounts and properly porting the code specifying the
>     Earnie> processing mode.
>
> ... but of course this wouldn't happen were .bashrc created by a
> Cygwin program.  They probably created it with Notepad or something.
> IMHO there should be a fat warning about this in the User Guide.  It
> is mentioned there already, but too softly.
>
> :-)
>

better to leave the defaults, that will save you a lot of time on which
editor to use
Notepad or vi.

Suhaib


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