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Re: 'sort' does not handle CRLF correctly
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:15:17AM -0400, Brad Barber wrote:
>At 03:27 PM Tuesday 4/10/2001, Matthew Smith wrote:
>>Are you using binary mounts? You might also try adding 'binmode' to your
>>CYGWIN environment variable. Do NOT set the CYGWIN var in your bash
>>environment, set it in your Windows environment if you go that route.
>
>Thanks for your help. It helped me locate the problem.
>
>All the disks are mounted as the default binmode, otherwise 'cp'
>doesn't work with binary files.
Huh? Please don't spread misinformation. Of course 'cp' works with
"binary files" regardless of the mount point.
If you've found a failing case, that is a serious bug that requires a fix.
cgf
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