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Re: changing text file type from DOS to unix?
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Anoop Ghanwani <anoop at lanterncom dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:24:51 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: changing text file type from DOS to unix?
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Anoop Ghanwani wrote:
> I am trying to install a package that needs the text
> file type to be unix, but have previously installed
> Cygwin with the file type of DOS.
>
> Is it possible to change the text file type from DOS to
> unix without doing a reinstall of Cygwin? When I
> go through setup, if I select the file type as "unix"
> but don't select any new packages, it doesn't do
> anything.
>
> Thanks,
> -Anoop
eval "`mount -m | grep -i cygwin | sed 's/-t/-b/'`"
Igor
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