From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Heribert Dahms To: "'Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)'" , Jean Delvare , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: file descriptors opened as text files Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:53:00 -0000 Message-id: X-SW-Source: 2001-02/msg00947.html Hi Larry, you forgot about another level of default: From: Chris Faylor [cgf@cygnus.com] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 21:13 To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin DLL 1.1.3 - binmode.o and textmode.o files are now available for linking with an application to force an application to open files in binmode or textmode by default. Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-gmbh.de) > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc) [SMTP:lhall@rfk.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 23:51 > To: Jean Delvare; cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: file descriptors opened as text files > > This is the key phrase. cygwin1.dll is always required. If you use it, > it handles your program's interaction with the Windows' system. > Regardless > of whether there is an explicit mount point or not, Cygwin controls the > behavior. For files, the default treatment is always text, unless a mount > or the program itself indicates otherwise. > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple