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Re: [PATCH] Setup.exe "other URL" functionality


On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 10:07:16AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>Won't that cause problems on textmode mounts?

It shouldn't.  A program sees \n line endings regardless.

In "text mode" the line endings can be either \r\n (CRLF) or \n (LF).
So, writing the program with just \n should be fine for everything
but some archaic Windows programs.

cgf

>===
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <freeweb@nyckelpiga.de>
>To: <cygwin@sources.redhat.com>
>Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 1:44 AM
>Subject: Re: [PATCH] Setup.exe "other URL" functionality
>
>> 2001-12-28 15:43:22, du schriebst:
>>
>> > Isn't automode read-in-text, write in binary?
>>
>> Everything written is in binmode, regardless what type the
>> mounts are.

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