On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 08:46:43AM -0500, Paul Svensson wrote: > No, you're not the only one. > Of course, this will break some unix code where the author forgot to add > a "b" when opening a binary file, but I'd say they deserve to lose. Forgive my ignorance, but why? I'm not trying to be provocative, that's a serious question from someone who thought that as far as unix was concerned, a file consists of bytes and "that's that". So I'd be interested to know, what are the negative implications of such an omission? Thanks, Andy -- Andy Gimblett - Programmer - Frontier Internet Services Limited Tel: 029 20 820 044 Fax: 029 20 820 035 http://www.frontier.net.uk/ Statements made are at all times subject to Frontier's Terms and Conditions of Business, which are available upon request.
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