From: "Tim Prince" <tprince@computer.org>
To: "Castle, Eric" <Eric_Castle@intuit.com>, <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: What does Dos mode vs unix mode mean when you install cygwin
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:41:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <005d01c10e72$9cdd6460$9865fea9@timayum4srqln4> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EF45EA07AEA2D2118E920008C7B14102066B2B88@mvex02.mv.intuit.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Castle, Eric" <Eric_Castle@intuit.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 5:16 PM
Subject: What does Dos mode vs unix mode mean when you install cygwin
> When using the installer to install Cygwin 1.3.2, there is a step
where it
> asks what the default text file type should be, with the 2 choices
being
> either dos or unix. What is the difference between the 2 choices?
Is this
> just how cygwin, including processing files in perl, uses either \r\n
or \n
> for line termination?
>
That's correct, a "dos" file has \r\n terminators
> I don't recall the old installer program (called full.exe) ask that
question
> back on B18.
So back then I got in the habit of never using "dos" files in cygwin.
>
> Any recomendation on which type to use? I've been choosing "dos" but
not
> sure what that is really doing vs choosing unix.
Entirely a matter of preference, and what the non-cygwin apps you intend
to use prefer. For me, the hardest part of "unix" files is remembering
to always ftp "binary" and not to attach files to Windows e-mail unless
they are suffixed .doc or converted. More and more apps can deal with
either kind of file.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-16 20:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-16 17:16 Castle, Eric
2001-07-16 20:41 ` Tim Prince [this message]
2001-07-17 1:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
2001-07-17 4:08 ` Help required with man Dave BT
2001-07-17 12:01 ` What does Dos mode vs unix mode mean when you install cygwin Warren Young
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