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Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 13:19:31 -0400
To: "Dan Haynes" <haynes AT anchorgaming DOT com>,
        "Cygwin" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: A dumb CR/LF question
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At 11:57 AM 10/7/2000, Dan Haynes wrote:
>I feel really dumb having to ask this - I searched the archives and FAQ,
>read a ton of posts about line endings but didn't find anything specifically
>related to what I'm seeing. I may have just missed it because of the sheer
>number of posts to look through. I *thought* I was pretty aware of all the
>differences/issues with line endings and how they are affected by mount
>types, but I'm confused by this one.
>
>I'm using 1.1.4 now, just upgraded from B20.1 which I've been using for a
>good long while. I did a fresh install from the net about a week ago, using
>all defaults. Now I do a:
>
>cat ./build/f1 ./build/f2 | sort >/tmp/f3
>
>Passing the output through some utiltities like 'sort' causes line endings
>to be expanded to CR CR LF (two carriage returns and a line feed)
>
>All mounts (both Cygwin created and the ones I have created) are textmode. I
>triple checked path and such and all the executables are coming from
>/usr/bin.
>
>If I do:
>
>  cat ./build/f1 ./build/f2 >/tmp/f3
>
>...the file is created properly with CR LF endings. It's only if I pipe it
>through or process it with some tools (sort, uniq, awk) that it acquires the
>extra CR. If I pipe it through grep, egrep, or expand it gets the expected
>CR LF endings.
>
>I tried updating to the 9/29 snapshot cygwin1.dll file, but it still does
>the same thing.
>
>Anyone care ta put a quarter in the clue meter for a dummy? :-p A link would
>be most appreciated. :-)
>
>Thanks,
>
>   Dan



How about sending the output of cygcheck -s -v -r?




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