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Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:19:27 -0400
To:	"Herb Martin" <HerbM AT LearnQuick DOT Com>, "'Cygwin List'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From:	Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: stat file -- cygwin vs. Windows size?
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At 02:08 PM 6/24/2005, you wrote:
>> >My suspicion is that stat is counting cr-lf as two 
>> characters but the 
>> >input routines are treating these as one.
>> >
>> >If the file has about 20 lines, then that's 20 missing characters???
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, this is right.  And yes, this could be the cause of the 
>> situation you're noticing.
>
>Is there a standard Cygwin 'idiom' or function for
>dealing with this mismatch, or should I just re-invent
>the wheel.


If you actually believe that you want the file without cr/nl conversion
during a read, then you want to open it in binary mode (fopen() with "rb"
instead of "r" or open() with '| O_BINARY' appended).  This *may* be the 
solution in this case.  Since the default mode for opening files is 
always "text" but there is no difference in format/behavior between 
"text" and "binary" on UNIX/Linux, you wouldn't see an issue there.




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