Karsten M. Self said: > on Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 07:20:30PM +1000, Nathan Stanley > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> Someone recently told me there is a difference between Unix and Linux >> text file formats. Is this true? > > Yes, ours goes to 11. > > Wait. Wrong mockumentary. > > > CR vs. CR+LF > > # aptitude install sysutils > # man dos2unix unix2dos > > In practice, many tools on both platforms will deal sanely with either > format. Notable exception is NOTEPAD.EXE on legacy MS Windows.
The question appears to be asking about differences in Unix text files and Linux text files, not DOS/Windows text files and Unix/Linux text files. There's no difference between a text file created on a Unix (e.g. Solaris) platform and one created on a Linux platform, but as Karsten rightly says there is a difference between those created on a Windows platform and those created on a Unix/Linux platform. The difference boils down to new line characters. Karsten probably answered the question you meant to ask, not the question you did ask :) Regards, Ciaran. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
