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"Hans-Bernhard Broeker" <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:
> You wrote:
>
> > GCC does not recognise CR-only as a line end.  This can be the cause
> > of some obscure errors:
>
> > #include <iostream> // rest of source file won't be read!
>
> CR-only is a rare thing to come across. It's what you get in Apple
> Macintosh text files. But Mac users usually know they have
> to transfer text files as text, not binary, to other architectures

But drag-and-drop copying of a text file to (say) a
FAT volume will copy the file as binary.

> The fact that Macs store a 'file type' with each file, in their
> 'resource fork' probably helps to avoid this type of bug.

Actually, the "file type" is a four-character string stored in
the directory. It's stored next to another four-character
string called "creator", which stores the ID of the program
that created the file.

The "resource fork" is a file stored alongside the real file.
It generally contains similar things to what is at the end of
a Windows program file (icons, pictures, etc.)

But this is swinging off-topic for a DOS programming NG.

> OTOH, you'll most probably see right away that something's
> wrong with such files, in any DOS or Windows editor, as
> soon as you open it.

For example, in DOS Edit, you see eighth notes instead of returns.

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