Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:19:33 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ^M diff related problem Message-ID: <20010120001933.B18335@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <3A68DAA7.2B8DE1FE@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3A68DAA7.2B8DE1FE@yahoo.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 07:24:07PM -0500 On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 07:24:07PM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote: >Chuck.Irvine@mail.sprint.com wrote: >> >> I guess I don't really understand the purpose of the CYGWIN=binary >> setting. >> > >It's benefit comes from executing Cygwin programs in a non-Cygwin >shell. It opens the pipes and redirects in binary mode. Btw, just a minor nit: it is "CYGWIN=binmode" not "CYGWIN=binary". cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple