file descriptors opened as text files

[Heribert Dahms]

Hi Larry,

you forgot about another level of default:

From:	Chris Faylor [cgf@cygnus.com]
Sent:	Friday, July 28, 2000 21:13
To:	cygwin@sources.redhat.com
Subject:	[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin DLL 1.1.3


- binmode.o and textmode.o files are now available for linking with an
  application to force an application to open files in binmode or
  textmode by default.


Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-gmbh.de)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc) [SMTP:lhall@rfk.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, February 14, 2001 23:51
> To:	Jean Delvare; cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject:	Re: file descriptors opened as text files
> 
> This is the key phrase.  cygwin1.dll is always required.  If you use it,
> it handles your program's interaction with the Windows' system.
> Regardless
> of whether there is an explicit mount point or not, Cygwin controls the
> behavior.  For files, the default treatment is always text, unless a mount
> or the program itself indicates otherwise.
> 

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