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Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 18:30:50 -0400
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From: "Lee D. Rothstein" <lee AT veritech DOT com>
Subject: 'fortune', 'strfile' & binmode
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After significant searching, I
discovered that 'fortune' requires
'strfile' to create the index database
('.dat' file) for each text file of
fortunes.

('strfile' is not listed under "See
also:"  'man fortune' and hence does not
appear in the output of 'apropos
fortune'. The 'man' page needs to be
updated. I will do it myself, if someone
will explain how to submit the change.
This is a change to GNU fortune 'man'
page, not Cygwin anything.)

However, when I execute 'strfile' on a
fortune file -- say, 'fortune', to
produce an index file -- e.g.,
'fortune.dat', it doesn't quite get the
index right.

I've tried (I think) all combinations of:

 * 'strfile', 'strfile -r'
 * UNIX and DOS line endings and
   character sets (LF vs CRLF, ANSI vs
   DOS)
 * Cygwin="nobinmode ..." vs.
   Cygwin="binmode ..."
   
and no luck.

Suggestions?

--
Lee D. Rothstein -- lee AT veritech DOT com
VeriTech -- 603-424-2900
7 Merry Meeting Drive
Merrimack, NH 03054-2934



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