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From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT com>
To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com, "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT com>,
        Matthew Lowther <m DOT lowther AT standard-platforms DOT co DOT uk>,
        "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: RE: text / binary mounts (sorry)
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:24:49 -0500 
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> > set CYGWIN=binmode causes even unmounted directories and files to be
> > accessed in binary mode.  You can set this in autoexec.bat 
> for Win9x or in
> > the System Control Panel applet for NT/2000.
> > 
> 
> Are you sure of this, Ron?  AFAIK CYGWIN=binmode only affects 
> the pipes and
> redirection and not file I/O.  BTW CYGWIN=binmode is the default.

ITIWTW, I thought it worked that way, however a quick test shows I am wrong.
I would have sworn CYGWIN=binmode used to apply to all file opens.

Sorry for the confusion.


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