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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:42:17 -0500
To: "E. Robert Tisdale" <edwin AT netwood DOT net>
Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: setmode (long)
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In-Reply-To: <36D39A03.89B3C703@netwood.net>; from E. Robert Tisdale on Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 10:19:47PM -0800

On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 10:19:47PM -0800, E. Robert Tisdale wrote:
>...shows that test.out was opened in binary mode
>and setmode didn't switch to text mode.

That's right in older Cygwin's setting the mode to TEXT didn't
necessarily change the mode.  This should be fixed in the
snapshots.

We have gone around and around on this behavior in the developers
list but I think that the current implementation is correct.

cgf

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