From: Peter Ring <PRI@cddk.dk>
To: "'earnie_boyd@yahoo.com'" <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>,
'cygwin users' <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Subject: RE: LF vs. CR/LF (WAS: Problems with libtiff!)
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 08:19:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c=DK%a=_%p=CD-Danmark%l=CDDKSERVER-990621150319Z-15482@cddkserver.cddk.dk> (raw)
What is the correct way to open, read, and write a 'text' file on a
filesystem shared between a number of different operating systems?
(please note that this is in effect what cygwin amounts to).
The scenario could be a 'text' file shared between MacOS, WinNT, and
some UNIX-like OS. The file might be shared in several ways, some of
which would make it impractical (if not outright nonsense) to talk about
one specific OS 'hosting' the file.
Some applications, e.g. emacs, try to guess from the file's content what
to do. Obviously, this works only for interactive applications.
I won't argue with the benefits of explicitly opening files 'rb'. I just
wonder why anyone would ever want to do anytning else?
Kind regards
Peter Ring
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From: Earnie Boyd [ mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com ]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 4:29 PM
To: cygwin users
Subject: Re: LF vs. CR/LF (WAS: Problems with libtiff!)
<snip>
Welcome to the world of portable programming.
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From: Peter Ring <PRI@cddk.dk>
To: "'earnie_boyd@yahoo.com'" <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>,
'cygwin users' <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Subject: RE: LF vs. CR/LF (WAS: Problems with libtiff!)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:10:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c=DK%a=_%p=CD-Danmark%l=CDDKSERVER-990621150319Z-15482@cddkserver.cddk.dk> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990630221000.dj-EZjLYIKyW0dZv4_PqhpEK4PPM6qcY9IUizT9K7MQ@z> (raw)
What is the correct way to open, read, and write a 'text' file on a
filesystem shared between a number of different operating systems?
(please note that this is in effect what cygwin amounts to).
The scenario could be a 'text' file shared between MacOS, WinNT, and
some UNIX-like OS. The file might be shared in several ways, some of
which would make it impractical (if not outright nonsense) to talk about
one specific OS 'hosting' the file.
Some applications, e.g. emacs, try to guess from the file's content what
to do. Obviously, this works only for interactive applications.
I won't argue with the benefits of explicitly opening files 'rb'. I just
wonder why anyone would ever want to do anytning else?
Kind regards
Peter Ring
-----Original Message-----
From: Earnie Boyd [ mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com ]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 4:29 PM
To: cygwin users
Subject: Re: LF vs. CR/LF (WAS: Problems with libtiff!)
<snip>
Welcome to the world of portable programming.
<snip>
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next reply other threads:[~1999-06-21 8:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-06-21 8:19 Peter Ring [this message]
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Peter Ring
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1999-06-30 22:10 Parker, Ron
1999-06-21 9:17 Earnie Boyd
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Earnie Boyd
1999-06-21 7:22 Earnie Boyd
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Earnie Boyd
1999-06-21 7:10 Earnie Boyd
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Earnie Boyd
1999-06-21 5:10 Demmer, Thomas
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Demmer, Thomas
1999-06-21 5:02 Ulrich Koehler
1999-06-30 22:10 ` Ulrich Koehler
1999-06-18 12:14 Parker, Ron
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