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Re: newline in patch command output
- From: Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>
- To: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 06:50:43 -0700
- Subject: Re: newline in patch command output
- Organization: My own little world...
- References: <20040505125151.GA20299@ata.cs.hacettepe.edu.tr>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Baurjan Ismagulov wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I wish to use diff and patch on files with CR/LF newlines. I've
> installed cygwin with DOS text file type. Diff produced a patch with
> CR/LF. When I try to apply this patch, the modified files contain only
> LF, and I have to run unix2dos on them. How can I make patch produce
> output files with CR/LF in DOS mode?
>
> I've tried to search this in google and list archives, but "patch"
> brought too many false hits :( .
patch is a tricky area in terms of line-endings. This is mostly
explained in <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-03/msg00492.html>.
Patch can read in either binmode or textmode (depending on the mount and
presense of --binary) but it always writes its output in binmode, which
is what causes your CRs to go away. Corinna might be able to clarify
why this must be so.
Brian
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