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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 06:44:40 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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Christopher Faylor wrote:

> 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".
>

Thanks Chris, my brain must of been sleeping.

Cheers,
Earnie.


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