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> So what is the use of automode? Wouldn't it break everything it touches > if the user works on textmounts? Text mounts still work with binary files. In auto mode, the files are converted from dos on input *if needed*, but written in unix mode. This way, an automode program can properly read any text file, and produces files that can be properly read in either mode.
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