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From: "Dave BT" <david DOT a DOT gordon AT btinternet DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Help required with man
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:08:54 +0100
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Hi all,
Man is having problems formatting pages and crashes out - any ideas?

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com]On Behalf Of Tim Prince
> Sent: 17 July 2001 04:43
> To: Castle, Eric; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: What does Dos mode vs unix mode mean when you install
> cygwin
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Castle, Eric" <Eric_Castle AT intuit DOT com>
> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 5:16 PM
> Subject: What does Dos mode vs unix mode mean when you install cygwin
> 
> 
> > When using the installer to install Cygwin 1.3.2, there is a step
> where it
> > asks what the default text file type should be, with the 2 choices
> being
> > either dos or unix.  What is the difference between the 2 choices?
> Is this
> > just how cygwin, including processing files in perl, uses either \r\n
> or \n
> > for line termination?
> >
> That's correct, a "dos" file has \r\n terminators
> > I don't recall the old installer program (called full.exe) ask that
> question
> > back on B18.
> So back then I got in the habit of never using "dos" files in cygwin.
> >
> > Any recomendation on which type to use? I've been choosing "dos" but
> not
> > sure what that is really doing vs choosing unix.
> 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.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eric
> 
> 
> 
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