binary mode from non-Cygwin shells?

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 12:06 PM 11/29/2000, Antony Courtney wrote:
> > >Ok, what happens if you `set CYGWIN=binmode' before you execute this?  Yea, I
> > >could test it but I don't have access to *your* environment.
> > 
> > It works.  I tested it with 1.1.6.  This seems to indicate the default
> > when CYGWIN isn't set has slipped to "nobinmode"...
>
>Unfortunately, it's less consistent than that.  It seems that the default 
>for pipes in Cygwin shells is "binmode", but for non-Cygwin shells is
>"nobinmode".


True.  Thanks for providing the details that clarify my statement.


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