Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20001129120219.021d0a00@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:02:52 -0500 To: Antony Courtney From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: binary mode from non-Cygwin shells? Cc: Earnie Boyd , cygwin@sources.redhat.com In-Reply-To: <3A2537A7.E49996DE@apocalypse.org> References: <4.3.1.2.20001129114907.021c87f8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 12:06 PM 11/29/2000, Antony Courtney wrote: > > >Ok, what happens if you `set CYGWIN=binmode' before you execute this? Yea, I > > >could test it but I don't have access to *your* environment. > > > > It works. I tested it with 1.1.6. This seems to indicate the default > > when CYGWIN isn't set has slipped to "nobinmode"... > >Unfortunately, it's less consistent than that. It seems that the default >for pipes in Cygwin shells is "binmode", but for non-Cygwin shells is >"nobinmode". True. Thanks for providing the details that clarify my statement. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com