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From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: "od" wrong line endings and byte count
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:58:47 -0600
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> On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 05:27:45PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 12:34:03PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote:
> > >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.
> 
> I would tend to agree, but how would you change this default 
> if desired?
>

?  By one of the two ways God intended when he gave Moses POSIX:

1. O_BINARY
2. "rb"

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle
  


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