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 sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <39C0BE6E.AD6FDBDA@noaa.gov> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:02:54 -0400 From: "Timothy Buckelew" Organization: DOC/NOAA/NWS - National Weather Service X-Sender: "Timothy Buckelew" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en]C-CCK-MCD NOAA-NWS-ER1 (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: RPraetorius AT AspenRes DOT Com CC: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Subject: Re: 'od -x' output is reversed References: <39C057B3 DOT 15221 DOT 6426496 AT localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit oRebtr, hTnaskf roy uw rponioi nna dht eraitlc.e oLsto fowdr.s lA l Iawtn i sof rdot oahevc noistsne tuopttu . iTm Robert Praetorius wrote: > > Let's say file 'junk' cpontains '121212'. > > > > In HP/UX 'od -x junk' yields 3132 3132 3132 > > > > In cygwin it yields 3231 3231 3231 > > > > Any ideas? > > ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/ien/ien-137.txt.3 ("On Holy Wars and a > Plea for Peace") has an amusing and authoritative discussion of this > issue. It ranks right up there with nl vs. CRLF and particle vs. wave. > > ----g-i-v-e---m-e---a-r-b-e-r-r-y---o-r---g-i-v-e---m-e---b-a-r-k-s----- > "oncology recapitulates philately" --Mark Maxson Robert M. Praetorius > "balance, not symmetry" --Mark Stanley home: rmp AT MA DOT UltraNet DOT Com > (attribution by Stigler) work: RPraetorius AT AspenRes DOT Com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com