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Re: Why text=binary mounts
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Why text=binary mounts
- From: cgf at bbc dot com (Christopher Faylor)
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 21:46:59 GMT
- Organization: Boston Business Computing, Ltd.
- References: <1.5.4.16.19980110041337.3a17522c@fox.nstn.ca>
- Reply-To: cgf at bbc dot com
In article <1.5.4.16.19980110041337.3a17522c@fox.nstn.ca>,
Tony Pires <t_pires@fox.nstn.ca> wrote:
>I would like to add my voice to the growing chorus. Native mode text files
>is the only choice that makes sense. I get the impression that the gurus
>hate to convert their text files before starting to do their magic.
It is not that we hate converting text files. It is really that many of
us have an unaccountable fear of the \r character.
Brrrr... I'm getting chills just typing it.
--
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VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be."
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