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Re: binary mode from non-Cygwin shells?
- To: Antony Courtney <antony at apocalypse dot org>
- Subject: Re: binary mode from non-Cygwin shells?
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:02:52 -0500
- Cc: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>,cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <4.3.1.2.20001129114907.021c87f8@pop.ma.ultranet.com>
At 12:06 PM 11/29/2000, Antony Courtney wrote:
> > >Ok, what happens if you `set CYGWIN=binmode' before you execute this? Yea, I
> > >could test it but I don't have access to *your* environment.
> >
> > It works. I tested it with 1.1.6. This seems to indicate the default
> > when CYGWIN isn't set has slipped to "nobinmode"...
>
>Unfortunately, it's less consistent than that. It seems that the default
>for pipes in Cygwin shells is "binmode", but for non-Cygwin shells is
>"nobinmode".
True. Thanks for providing the details that clarify my statement.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
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