From: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Why text=binary mounts    (Re: Gnu-win32 (b18), coolview and NTEmacs)
7 Jan 1998 21:25:08 -0800
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To: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com>
Cc: sab AT seanet DOT com, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

On 07-Jan-1998, Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
> From: Scott Blachowicz <sab AT seanet DOT com>
> >So, why IS it that the coolview code requires text=binary mode mounts
> >anyways?
> 
> Let me remind you that the purpose of the cygnus gnu-win32 project is to 
> port UNIX code.  Most of the UNIX world programs choke on the \r\n 
> combination.  Therefore text=binary is the easiest solution.

I think you misspelt "work-around".

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