* Re: Default Text File Type
2003-01-13 3:30 Default Text File Type Michael Hipp
2003-01-13 3:30 ` Max Bowsher
@ 2003-01-13 3:30 ` Michael A Chase
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From: Michael A Chase @ 2003-01-13 3:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin, Michael Hipp
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 14:25:19 -0600 Michael Hipp <Michael@Hipp.com> wrote:
> Could someone explain the meaning and implications of the Setup option to
> select Default Text File Type ( DOS or Unix)? I couldn't find it in the
> FAQ or User's Manual.
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#TOC74
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-TEXTVSBINARY
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* Default Text File Type
@ 2003-01-13 3:30 Michael Hipp
2003-01-13 3:30 ` Max Bowsher
2003-01-13 3:30 ` Michael A Chase
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From: Michael Hipp @ 2003-01-13 3:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Could someone explain the meaning and implications of the Setup option to
select Default Text File Type ( DOS or Unix)? I couldn't find it in the FAQ
or User's Manual.
Thanks.
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* Re: Default Text File Type
2003-01-13 3:30 Default Text File Type Michael Hipp
@ 2003-01-13 3:30 ` Max Bowsher
2003-01-13 3:30 ` Michael A Chase
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Max Bowsher @ 2003-01-13 3:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Hipp, cygwin
Michael Hipp wrote:
> Could someone explain the meaning and implications of the Setup
> option to select Default Text File Type ( DOS or Unix)? I couldn't
> find it in the FAQ or User's Manual.
It affects the text/binary flag on the mounts that setup creates.
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-textbinary.html
has more info on how this affects things.
Max.
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