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From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT com>
To: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT com>, earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com,
        Matthew Lowther <m DOT lowther AT standard-platforms DOT co DOT uk>,
        "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: RE: text / binary mounts (sorry)
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:30:31 -0500 
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> > > 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.
> 

So is there anyway to have 'echo Hello>//h/junk' produce a 6-byte file?


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