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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:37:59 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: file descriptors opened as text files
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0102151813040.3505-100000@e450.ensicaen.ismra.fr>; from delvare@ensicaen.ismra.fr on Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 06:21:08PM +0100

On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 06:21:08PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
>
>
>> Its not a Cygwin invention.  Its a MS one.  Check out the documentation
>> for open()/_open() on the MSDN.  They use the _O_BINARY flag.  Don't get me
>> wrong.  I hate text mode in all its forms.  Perhaps Cygwin could've forgone
>> its use here.  Maybe not.  However, doing so here follows the MS lead and
>> wasn't a Cygwin concoction.
>I don't use MS development softwares. That's not the point here.

Sorry.  Yes, it is the point here.  Cygwin tries to emulate MSVC with
respect to the binary/text mode stuff.

Unless you can prove some incompatibility, get over it.  It's not going
to change.

cgf

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