From: gmiller@iswt.com (Greg Miller) Subject: Re: Another newbie onboard... 29 May 1998 00:52:34 -0700 Message-ID: <356D8C41.CAA2E11A.cygnus.gnu-win32@iswt.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Edward Avis wrote: > > [about binary mounts] > > >See above - there is nothing the like on a Unix system, because they > >are only there to emulate Unix on Win32. > > Actually, I'd say that _all_ mounts on Unix systems are binary mounts. > It is the special text mounts, converting CRLF <-> LF, that are there to > emulate Unix on Win32. You could also say that all mounts on UNIX are text mounts, since text mode and binary mode are identical on UNIX C compilers. -- Video games: http://www.classic-games.com/ TW (online game): http://www.classic-games.com/tw.html Magic cards: http://www.classic-games.com/magic.html ***** ATTENTION NEWBIES: Limit signatures to four lines! ***** - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".