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Re: Suggestion: /etc/hosts


news@garydjones.mailshell.com wrote:

[...] (some lines with DOS-endings and some with *n*x-endings).
> I doubt Cygwin would have a problem with that, but I don't
> really want to test what Windows would do.

Doesn't seem to faze Windows XP, anyway. I converted the file to unix line endings and threw in a few ^Ms here and there. Worked fine.

Can't answer for old stacks like Win95 and Win98, but I suspect they would also be able to handle this..
--
Shankar.




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