Message-Id: <200006021727.NAA05736@delorie.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: "Parker, Ron" To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com, "Parker, Ron" , Matthew Lowther , "'cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com'" Subject: RE: text / binary mounts (sorry) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:24:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_000_01BFCCB7.93A325CC" ------_=_NextPart_000_01BFCCB7.93A325CC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > set CYGWIN=binmode causes even unmounted directories and files to be > > accessed in binary mode. You can set this in autoexec.bat > for Win9x or in > > the System Control Panel applet for NT/2000. > > > > Are you sure of this, Ron? AFAIK CYGWIN=binmode only affects > the pipes and > redirection and not file I/O. BTW CYGWIN=binmode is the default. ITIWTW, I thought it worked that way, however a quick test shows I am wrong. I would have sworn CYGWIN=binmode used to apply to all file opens. Sorry for the confusion. ------_=_NextPart_000_01BFCCB7.93A325CC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ------_=_NextPart_000_01BFCCB7.93A325CC--