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Re: hybrid text/binary mount
- To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: hybrid text/binary mount
- From: Mumit Khan <khan at NanoTech dot Wisc dot EDU>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 00:38:02 -0500 (CDT)
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Chris Faylor wrote:
> I don't know if it helps but I keep meaning to point out that it is possible
> to actually mount *files* in binmode, too:
>
> mount -b c:\blah\foo.zip /blah/foo.zip
This is really cool, and forgotten all about it! I need to now conjure up
a situation where I get to use this feature.
DJ's proposal of an "auto" mode sounds like a good compromise, where the
user knows that Cygwin may guess incorrectly, but only when reading.
Regards,
Mumit