Message-Id: <200006021734.NAA06086@delorie.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: "Parker, Ron" To: "Parker, Ron" , earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com, Matthew Lowther , "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" Subject: RE: text / binary mounts (sorry) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:30:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_000_01BFCCB8.9B9EE4D6" ------_=_NextPart_000_01BFCCB8.9B9EE4D6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > > 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? ------_=_NextPart_000_01BFCCB8.9B9EE4D6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com ------_=_NextPart_000_01BFCCB8.9B9EE4D6--