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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 10:37:46 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: What does Dos mode vs unix mode mean when you install cygwin
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In-Reply-To: <005d01c10e72$9cdd6460$9865fea9@timayum4srqln4>; from tprince@computer.org on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 08:43:14PM -0700

On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 08:43:14PM -0700, Tim Prince wrote:
> Entirely a matter of preference, and what the non-cygwin apps you intend
> to use prefer.  For me, the hardest part of "unix" files is remembering
> to always ftp "binary" and not to attach files to Windows e-mail unless
> they are suffixed .doc or converted.  More and more apps can deal with
> either kind of file.

UNIX = binary = faster read/write (no CR/LF conversion needed)

The Cygwin ftp from the inetd package should use binary
as default when connecting to a UNIX system.

Corinna

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