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Date:	Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:06:04 -0800 (PST)
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject:	Re: new install of cygwin with pdksh doesn't work
To:	"Larry Hall \(RFK Partners, Inc\)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>,
	"David M. Karr" <dkarr AT tcsi DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com> wrote:
> 
> >I guess this means that the default mode for unmapped directories is
> >"text" on my original installation, and "binary" for the second
> >installation.  Since directories like "d:/dmk" (my home directory) are
> >not covered by the original mount table, I would get the default.
> 
> 
> You should be able to reset your default mode for unmapped drives using
> the --change-cygdrive-prefix setting for mount but specify the "-t" flag
> too.  I haven't tried this myself so I don't know if it actually works.
> 

If you chose the "Everyone" radio button, add a -s to that.

> 
> >So, when I install it again, if I select the "DOS" text file type, I
> >won't have to add this mount to get files on the "D:/" drive to use
> >DOS text file mode, correct?
> 
> 
> Right.
> 
> 
> >What exactly in the "cygcheck" output (or any other place, for that
> >matter) tells me what the default text file type is?
> 
> 
> Nothing.  cygcheck doesn't output that yet.
> 

That's not true.  The output of the registry data can tell you.  0x00000020 is
text mode 0x00000022 is binary mode.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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