X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A2D4016.6050200@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:45:10 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: How to make cygwin redirect in UNIX mode? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; 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 Pan ruochen wrote: > Hi All, > > I do as the manual (http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-textbinary.html) says: > When redirecting, the Cygwin shells uses rules (a-e). For these shells > the relevant value of CYGWIN is that at the time the shell was > launched and not that at the time the program is executed. Non-Cygwin > shells always pipe and redirect with binary mode. With non-Cygwin > shells the commands cat filename | program and program < filename > are not equivalent when filename is on a text-mounted partition. > > I have edited c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat as: > @echo off > set CYGWIN=binmode > C: > chdir C:\cygwin\bin > bash --login -i > > After I relaunch cygwin and run: > echo abc > a.txt > > The file a.txt is in DOS format, not in UNIX. > What's wrong then? I'd recommend reading and following the problem reporting guidelines found at the link below for all problem reports. It keeps folks on this list that could help from having to guess about your configuration. > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Currently, my WAG is that you have 'c:\cygwin\bin' mounted as text. -- 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/