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Date:	Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:24:55 +0000
Message-ID:	<5417-Fri21Feb2003152455+0000-starksb@ebi.ac.uk>
From:	David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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To:	Rich DeFuria <rich AT belarc DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	toggling DOS versus UNIX line ends
In-Reply-To:	<3E562F49.E38E6BAC@belarc.com>
References:	<3E562F49 DOT E38E6BAC AT belarc DOT com>

On Friday 21 Feb 03, Rich DeFuria writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I am (happily) running cygwin on a win2k box.
> 
> During installation, I chose the DOS line end option; big mistake!
> 
> Now I want to change the setting to UNIX line ends.
> 
> How do I toggle that setting?
> 
> BTW, I have read the cygwin FAQ section
> "4.3.3 How is the DOS/Unix CR/LF thing handled?"
> but that is not explored there.

"DOS" line endings correspond to the -t (text) option to mount.
"UNIX" line endings correspond to the -b (binary) option to mount.
Type "mount" to see your current mount table, and change them from
text to binary.

Regards,
David


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