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On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 09:03:22PM +0100, Jonathan Larmour wrote: >In article <20000608173106 DOT 5178 DOT qmail AT web125 DOT yahoomail DOT com> you write: >> >>You need to decide, binmode or textmode. Operating in both is a major cause >>for a major headache. > >Isn't the point that it depends on the data at that mount point? In the case >of Windows-y areas, text mode is exactly correct. > >Plus textmode is still the default for mount. Yup. Good points. If you know what you're doing, there is no reason not to mix. I think that the default "root" mounts like /bin, /lib, and /usr should be binary. Everything else can be whatever makes sense. The problem is that many people use an "identity mount" where c:\ == /. The current version of setup.exe mounts root as binary, similarly to the Cygwin CD. This causes problems who have something like a 'c:\src' directory since it will automatically be considered to be binmode by default. DJ has suggested that a future version of cygwin should default to "read text, write binary". I think we'll probably be moving to that model sometime soon. This will essentially provide a third mount option, like "-a". cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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