Re: textmode.o, automode.o, etc.

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 09:54:58PM -0400, lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com wrote:
>Whenever you're looking to find out where a file or utility is in
>Cygwin (assuming you don't have it local that you can just search),
>use http://cygwin.com/packages/.  It will tell you the package that
>contains the file.  In this case, these files come with the Cygwin 
>package so if you've installed Cygwin via setup, you have the files
>in question.
>
>textmode.o, automode.o, and binmode.o do as you surmise.  They just
>set the mode of unspecified file I/O.  You can find lots of discussion
>of these files and their operation in the email list archives.  Take a 
>look there and/or at the source if you're interested in more details.
>But I have to agree with Chris on this.  If your main goal is to just 
>get a cpp that works the way Cygwin's does, your best bet is to just 
>download the source via setup and use it.  Since Chris is the maintainer
>for gcc, I don't think you'll get better advice on how to get like 
>functionality. 

FWIW, I don't *think* that gcc 2.95.3-?  used automode, textmode, or
binmode.  I believe that DJ may have patched them to open text files in
text mode.

cgf

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