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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:12:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: binary mode from non-Cygwin shells?
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--- Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> wrote:
> 
> We changed the default some time ago at the request of an, er, customer
> who was distressed at seeing files with \n's and no \r\n's.
> 
> Pipes have nothing to do with this.  The standard output of a program
> is controlled by the CYGWIN=[no]binmode setting when the program is
> run outside of a cygwin environment.
> 
> Undoubtedly the documentation has not been updated to reflect this.
> 

So, if a customer wants it changed to default to binmode, what would he have to
do? ;?

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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