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Date:	Thu, 5 Apr 2001 14:08:28 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Proposed Changes to mount
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In-Reply-To:	<200104051756.NAA13702@envy.delorie.com>; from dj@delorie.com on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:56:25PM -0400

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:56:25PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>> >   Each line would have at least one trailing space followed by a CRLF line
>> >ending to allow the output to work correctly as either a Cygwin shell script
>> >or a Win32 batch file.
>> 
>> I don't understand the need for a space.  There should be no reason for that.
>
>It was my suggestion, and needs a second patch to work right.  The
>reasoning is that mount can always create the file in text mode
>(CR/LF), so that it can always be used as a .bat file.  However, it
>can also be used as a shell script *if* the extra CR (which would
>otherwise be appended to the last argument) is isolated *and* if mount
>checks the last argument to see if it's a CR and strips it.

I still don't get it.  ash should open shell scripts in text mode so the
existence of the CR in the CRLF should be invisible.

cgf

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