printf "\n"|perl -pe '1;'|od -a #perl 5.8 converts to DOS text :-<

Wed May 28 11:25:00 GMT 2003

Trevor Forbes wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gerrit P. Haase
> >
> > Since Cygwin runs on Windows and Windows is a DOS system the PERLIO
> > layer crlf is default.

Ugh. Some of use Cygwin to *escape* Windows!
Is there any way to tell perlio "just let the system (i.e. cygwin) handle
things"?
That would be a nice default.
> FYI. The new perl DOS default mode is breaking things such as
> autotools...

What, exactly? I haven't noticed anything, but would like to know what to
look for.
> Note: I have added "export PERLIO=raw" to /etc/profile as a workaround..

Thanks for the hint.
Max.
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printf "\n"|perl -pe '1;'|od -a #perl 5.8 converts to *DOS* text :-<

printf "\n"|perl -pe '1;'|od -a #perl 5.8 converts to DOS text :-<