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RE: file descriptors opened as text files
- To: "'Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)'" <lhall at rfk dot com>, Jean Delvare <delvare at ensicaen dot ismra dot fr>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: RE: file descriptors opened as text files
- From: Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms at icon-gmbh dot de>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:52:25 +0100
Hi Larry,
you forgot about another level of default:
From: Chris Faylor [cgf@cygnus.com]
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 21:13
To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com
Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin DLL 1.1.3
- binmode.o and textmode.o files are now available for linking with an
application to force an application to open files in binmode or
textmode by default.
Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-gmbh.de)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc) [SMTP:lhall@rfk.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 23:51
> To: Jean Delvare; cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: file descriptors opened as text files
>
> This is the key phrase. cygwin1.dll is always required. If you use it,
> it handles your program's interaction with the Windows' system.
> Regardless
> of whether there is an explicit mount point or not, Cygwin controls the
> behavior. For files, the default treatment is always text, unless a mount
> or the program itself indicates otherwise.
>
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