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": >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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/
