Re: [Emc-users] emc chess pawn part program

[Gene H. <gen...@gm...>]

On Monday 31 August 2009, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote:
>At 09:54 AM 8/31/2009, you wrote:
>>On Monday 31 August 2009, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote:
>> >Rondal,
>> >
>> >         There's also a nifty little program on most *nix boxen
>> >called "dos2unix."  The syntax to use this command line utility is
>> >dos2unix <original file> <output file>.  There are a number of
>> >qualifiers you can add to the command.  Check "man dos2unix".  This
>> >utility takes Windows formatted text files and converts them to Unix
>> >type text files.
>>
>>Mark;
>>
>>I really should have mentioned that in my reply to Rondal.  But actually
>>having the network available on my machine is such an advantage over the
>> long haul that dos2unix completely slipped my mind.  'tr' also could do
>> that, but the syntax has always been a problem child to me so I wouldn't
>> foist that off on a *nix new bee.
>>
>>If Rondal runs a net cable to it, he will wonder how he ever got by
>> without it.  Just the ability to fire up an IRC client, and send it off
>> to irc.freenode.net & /join  #emc, and actually have an excellent chance
>> of talking directly to the guys that write this stuff, will get you
>> answers, often in just 2 or 3 minutes.
>>
>>[huge snippage]
>>
>>--
>>Cheers, Gene
>>"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>>-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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>>
>>Howe's Law:
>>         Everyone has a scheme that will not work.
>
>Gene,
>
>         I agree on the networking.  I was just tossing the dos2unix
>utility up as a quick and dirty way to confirm that it was a Winders
>vs *nix file formatting issue.
>
>Mark
>
I agree there, a very good way to detect if the idea is just a red herring.

Now if we would hear from Rondal, confirming or denying. :)

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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