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RE: stat file -- cygwin vs. Windows size?


On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Herb Martin wrote:

> > >My suspicion is that stat is counting cr-lf as two characters but the
> > >input routines are treating these as one.
> > >
> > >If the file has about 20 lines, then that's 20 missing characters???
> >
> > Yes, this is right.  And yes, this could be the cause of the
> > situation you're noticing.
>
> Is there a standard Cygwin 'idiom' or function for dealing with this
> mismatch, or should I just re-invent the wheel.

Sure -- just force binary mode on the file (i.e., open it using O_BINARY
for the open() call, or the "rb" mode for the fopen() call).  The mount
type only applies if the mode is unspecified.

> Seems like I read (skimmed) something related to this in the Cygwin
> manual, probably near the back in the programming introduction....
>
> I know I picked up the concept somewhere (somewhere recent that is, as I
> have dealt with this across at least five different OS conventions but
> not recently and specifically on Cygwin.)

HTH,
	Igor
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