From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: "Ian T Zimmerman" , Subject: RE: .bashrc strange behavior Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:34:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <87gc1lmtwf.fsf@amazon.lbin.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-07n/msg00365.html Message-ID: <19990731183400.2HcuGEsx-fyay9GFclvh0d0h6Ep_xxt6t87gfMe4QK8@z> > > >>>>> "Earnie" == Earnie Boyd writes: > > Earnie> This problem is related to the text vs binary issue. The > Earnie> user has the files mounted in binary mode. The .bashrc > Earnie> has \r\n (or text mode) line endings. The \r is being > Earnie> input into the buffer instead of removed causing the > Earnie> problems you are seeing. > > Earnie> This is the reason I preach leaving the default text > Earnie> mounts and properly porting the code specifying the > Earnie> processing mode. > > ... but of course this wouldn't happen were .bashrc created by a > Cygwin program. They probably created it with Notepad or something. > IMHO there should be a fat warning about this in the User Guide. It > is mentioned there already, but too softly. > > :-) > better to leave the defaults, that will save you a lot of time on which editor to use Notepad or vi. Suhaib > -- > Ian Zimmerman > Lightbinders, Inc. > 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107 > > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com