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Re: Perl, text files, & \r




Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

> Christopher Rath schrieb am 2001-07-07, 23:13:
> 
> 
>>solution: use of the 'binmode' command.
>>
> 
> Would it help to set the environment settings CYGWIN=binmode ?


Doubt it.  CYGWIN=binmode only affects the line-end-handling behavior of 
pipes.  Not file IO.

> 
> [...]
> 
>>I think this should be in the Cygwin FAQ.  Why this works can be found on
>>pp. 53-55 and 147 of "Programming Perl 2nd Ed."
>>
> 
> Is it a cygwin issue or more a perl one? 
> You can choice at setup time between 'unix(==binmode)' and 
> 'windows(==textmode)' mode. 

> You could mount with '-b' for binmode. 


This part (file-system mounting) refers to line-end-handling behavior of 
file IO, not pipes.  This is the likely culprit here.

> It should work as it does on unixlike systems if you setup 
> with binmode as default.


binmode drive mounting.  Yes.

--Chuck



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