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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 04:41:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: fileutil cat program
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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--- DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> First off, such a patch would be too small to warrant legal papers.
> It would probably look like "if (!isatty(0)) setmode(1, O_BINARY);"

more like "if (!isatty(1)) setmode(0, O_BINARY);"

> 
> Second, is this really what you want?  The DJGPP port of fileutils
> uses "-b" to indicate binary mode.  Doing it automatically may create
> subtle bugs.

The -b is already take for "number nonblank output lines", however, I've never
used this switch so I'd be in favor of changing the meaning.

> 
> > Could someone whose already signed the Cygnus release forms submit a
> > patch for the cat program such that if the output is to a pipe or
> > redirection that the input is processed in binary mode?
> 

Thanks,
Earnie.
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