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Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 11:19:24 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Broken stdio using sh.exe?
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In-Reply-To: <0056890023357703000002L932*@MHS>; from robert.jan.schutten@philips.com on Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 01:10:33PM +0100

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 01:10:33PM +0100, robert DOT jan DOT schutten AT philips DOT com wrote:
>I was under the impression that the reading of text or binary mode of pipes and 
>non-file devices is controlled by setting CYGWIN to binmode ar nobinmode
>(where the default is binmode), see the Cygwin User's Guide:
>http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-textbinary.html#AEN669
>rule c, which states:
>" Pipes and non-file devices are opened in binary mode, except if the CYGWIN 
>  environment variable contains nobinmode."
>
>If there is the intention to change bash to work like sh works now, then I am in trouble....
>Also this seems to contradict the rule mentions in the Cygwin User's Guide.

bash != cygwin
sh != cygwin

The default for the Cygwin DLL has nothing to do with the decisions that a
program like bash or ash may make for its defaults.

cgf

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