Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:06:13 -0400
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> 'text' mode in Unix (nor should there really have been a need to
> invent it on DOS: absence of 'b' already means "text mode", so what
> would you need a 't' specifier for?)

Absence of 'b' means *default*, which can still be binary if you (or
the application, if you are a library) have set the _fmode variable
appropriately.

In cygwin, the "default" comes from the mount table, and is often
"binary", so the "t" is a good idea.