Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <001501c21df3$d4636f60$0dcbfea9@emcbfsserv> Reply-To: "Elfyn McBratney" From: "Elfyn McBratney" To: "Cygwin ML" Subject: \r\n's and the like... Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:00:58 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Hi, Im writing a backup script for our systems and i was wondering if the the line endings will affect the files when and if they are restored. I read somewhere that when cygwin opens or writes files it has a slightly different line-ending... The files and or directory trees would be tarred up and then untarred when restored. Cheers, Elfyn McBratney elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk _____________________________________________ Exposure Internet/Intranet http://www.exposure.org.uk This e-mail is private and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please alert the sender or alternatively return mail to emails AT exposure DOT org DOT uk. If the reader of this e-mail is not an intended recipient, you have received this e-mail in error. Please contact emails AT exposure DOT org DOT uk immediately by return mail and permanently deleting the copy(s) you have received. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/