X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45E4D089.6020806@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:44:57 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: What does setup selection for DOS vs UNIX actually do? References: <61cc712d0702271631i7d871423yc0012ddd6bea0bb8 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> In-Reply-To: <61cc712d0702271631i7d871423yc0012ddd6bea0bb8@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Kylo Ginsberg wrote: > I have the impression that the DOS vs UNIX selection at setup time > merely sets the mount modes (binmode vs textmode) for the default > mount points. And nothing else. Is this correct? Correct. > Thus, there is no difference in behavior under the default mounts with > a DOS setup and an explicit textmode mount with a UNIX setup? And > conversely, no difference in behavior under the default mounts with a > UNIX setup and an explicitly binmode mount with a DOS setup? The difference here is merely the treatment of existing "text" files. If you change the mount mode after installation, you may need to manually d2u/u2d these files to make everything in Cygwin-land happy with them again. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/