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Re: hybrid text/binary mount
- To: khan at NanoTech dot Wisc dot EDU
- Subject: Re: hybrid text/binary mount
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 21:19:54 -0400
- CC: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <200004261944.OAA13998@hp2.xraylith.wisc.edu>
> That was the caveat I was pointing out as well -- better the devil
> you ... At least we can now control the behaviour in two predictable
> ways -- mount and explicit binary/text mode I/O.
How about, instead of "auto" we call it "mixed" - read in text mode,
write in binary mode? A text-mode read will handle unix-style text
files properly anyway, but we won't need that complex detection code.