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: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:27:45 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: "od" wrong line endings and byte count Message-ID: <20050102222745.GG20747@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <41D85ABB DOT DCC5BCD9 AT dessent DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41D85ABB.DCC5BCD9@dessent.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 12:34:03PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote: >David Christensen wrote: >> >> cygwin: >> >> When I create a file using notepad: >> >> This is a text file created with Notepad. >> It has DOS (CRLF) line endings. >> >> Look at it using "wc": >> >> dpchrist AT p42800e:~$ wc textfile.txt >> 2 14 76 textfile.txt >> >> And then look at it with Cygwin "od", I see: > >There is nothing wrong here. You installed cygwin with text mode >mounts: > >C:\cygwin / system textmode >C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system textmode >C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system textmode >. /cygdrive system textmode,cygdrive > >This means that when a cygwin program reads a file with CRLF endings it >is translated to LF line endings that all unix tools expect. You want >binary mounts if this is not what you desire. See the FAQ for more >info... I think that this is a regression of "od", though. It probably should use binmode by default. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/