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 Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 22:18:55 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: textmode.o, automode.o, etc. Message-ID: <20021003021855.GC18511@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <199120-22002104315458731 AT M2W060 DOT mail2web DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <199120-22002104315458731@M2W060.mail2web.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 09:54:58PM -0400, lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com wrote: >Whenever you're looking to find out where a file or utility is in >Cygwin (assuming you don't have it local that you can just search), >use http://cygwin.com/packages/. It will tell you the package that >contains the file. In this case, these files come with the Cygwin >package so if you've installed Cygwin via setup, you have the files >in question. > >textmode.o, automode.o, and binmode.o do as you surmise. They just >set the mode of unspecified file I/O. You can find lots of discussion >of these files and their operation in the email list archives. Take a >look there and/or at the source if you're interested in more details. >But I have to agree with Chris on this. If your main goal is to just >get a cpp that works the way Cygwin's does, your best bet is to just >download the source via setup and use it. Since Chris is the maintainer >for gcc, I don't think you'll get better advice on how to get like >functionality. FWIW, I don't *think* that gcc 2.95.3-? used automode, textmode, or binmode. I believe that DJ may have patched them to open text files in text mode. cgf -- 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/