From: cwalsh AT nf DOT sympatico DOT ca (Colin Walsh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Writing a struct to disk
Date: 26 Aug 97 20:05:22 GMT
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> So, if you want a text file to be portable to Unix, you should write
> it in binary mode on MS-DOS, so it doesn't have those CRs.

Last night I did up a program to do exactly this (It was to convert a
Unix mail file into DOS CR/LF text so Eudora could read it).

Hope this counts as an ObHack too (It kinda falls into the definition of a hack :)

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
long filelen(char *name)
{
        long len=0;
        fstream file(name,ios::in|ios::bin);
        while(!file.eof())
        {
                file.get();
                len++;
        }
        len--;
        file.close();
        return(len);
}
void main(int argc,char **argv)
{
        cout << "UNIX2DOS DOS/UNIX Text file converter" << endl;
        cout << "Free (F) 1997 COLOSSAL Software" << endl;
        if(argc<3)
        {
                cout << "Not enough arguments!" << endl;
                cout << "format : unix2dos <option> <infile> <outfile>" << endl;
                cout << "options:" << endl;
                cout << "d - Convert a Unix text file to a DOS text file" << endl;
                cout << "u - Convert a DOS text file to a Unix text file" << endl;
                return(0);
        }
        long inlen;
        unsigned char bit;
        char option=*argv[1];
        char *infile=argv[2];
        char *outfile=argv[3];
        inlen=filelen(infile);
        fstream in(infile,ios::in|ios::bin);
        fstream out(outfile,ios::out|ios::bin);
        if(option=='d')
        {
                for(long x=0;x<inlen;x++)
                {
                        in.get(bit);
                        if(bit!=10)
                        {
                                out.put(bit);
                        }else{
                                out.put(13);
                                out.put(10);
                        }
                }
        }
        if(option=='u')
        {
                for(long x=0;x<inlen;x++)
                {
                        in.get(bit);
                        if(bit!=13)
                        {
                                out.put(bit);
                        }else{
                        }
                }

        }
}

Colin Walsh
cwalsh AT nf DOT sympatico DOT ca

BTW - Does adding Cc: to the header list automatically send the post to the
Cc: address or does the news program have to have mail support? (I dont
think the one I'm using has any)