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Op 24-11-2011 10:17, Corinna Vinschen schreef:
> - /bin/awk is a symlink to /bin/gawk.exe, an executable. If you call 
> dos2unix on an executable, the executable will be either unchanged, or 
> broken with a high probability. 

Current dos2unix skips binary files, unless you force the conversion 
with -f, --force.

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Erwin Waterlander
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