From: Luke D. <cod...@ho...> - 2003-04-11 01:03:52
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>From: Carl Hetherington <li...@ca...> >To: min...@li... >Subject: [Mingw-msys] Text conversions on binary files written to shared >directories >Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:04:31 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) > >Hi, > >I'm experiencing some strange behaviour with a new install of MSYS-1.0.8, >as I did with previous versions. I'm using Windows XP. > >Copying files around my local hard disc filesystem with cp works fine. >However copying a file from the hard disc to a network share, using >something like > >cp file //server/file > >results in the copy of `file' on `server' having its 0x0a characters >translated to 0x0d0a (the Unix line endings -> DOS line endings >transform). This happens with both text and binary files. It does not >happen if I use the standard DOS `copy' command. > >Copying the file back from the server to the hard disc > >cp //server/file file > >results in the line endings transform being reversed, so the file ends up >as it was. > >I also notice similar behaviour with tools such as `tar'; things like > >tar -c adir > //server/foo.tar > >leave //server/foo.tar similarly corrupted. > >Is it something I'm doing wrong, or a bug? > >Thanks for any help that you can offer. Say if there's more information I >can provide, or point me to interesting bits of source if I might be able >to cook up a patch. > >Carl I can confirm that this happens for me too (with Windows 2000). Luke _________________________________________________________________ MSN Instant Messenger now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_messenger.asp |