From: root@jacob.remcomp.fr (root) Subject: Re: using cat on binary files (CTRL-Z trauma) 19 Oct 1996 12:21:58 -0700 Sender: daemon@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Content-Type: text Original-To: jcook@mseng.kla.com (John Cook) Original-Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com In-Reply-To: <326803E3@mscorp.kla.com> from "John Cook" at Oct 18, 96 03:24:00 pm Content-Length: 469 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com > > > > When I try to cat a binary file, cat bails upon receiving > the first CTRL-Z byte. CTRL-Z is the DOS end-of-file character > (right?) Wrong! DOS doesn't use the Ctrl-Z character since (at least) DOS 3.X i.e. several centuries ago in this rapîdly moving field! We are now in DOS Windows NT style, quite a change since C:> -- Jacob Navia Logiciels/Informatique 41 rue Maurice Ravel Tel (1) 48.23.51.44 93430 Villetaneuse Fax (1) 48.23.95.39 France - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".