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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:28:55 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Binary read on textmode mount
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On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 11:48:31AM -0500, Shaffer, Kenneth wrote:
>I'm using the cygwin development environment and so thought this was the
>correct place to post a problem. But you make a good point, so I copied
>the file to /tmp, mounted as binary, and got the same results.

You are running a windows program.

Windows programs DO NOT UNDERSTAND cygwin mounts.  Cygwin doesn't
magically affect any windows program which runs in "the cygwin
development environment".

If you want to open a file in binary mode use "rb" in your fopen
call or O_BINARY in your open call.

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