NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/apps/7628

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From: [e-mail] (Martin Brown)
Subject: Re: ProcommPlus for Windows questions...
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Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <maley.728147576@micro>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:56:18 GMT
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In article <maley.728147576@micro> [e-mail] (Michael P Maley) writes:
>In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Tony S Annese) writes:
>
>>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (HAYES JAMES MICHAEL JR) writes:
>>>2) There was a recent post of a script to strip LFs from text file
>>>    uploads to unix systems.  Can this be fleshed out to explain its
>>>    use?
>
>
>>It's use is that when you upload a ascii file to a unix system if you dont tell
>>your terminal program to strip the linefeeds than it will take your linefeeds
>>and convert them to ^M's in your file when it gets to the Unix system. So what
>>the script does is searches for ^M and deletes them from the file.
>
>Correct me if I am wrong, but you can accomplish the same thing  by
>going into the dialog box for ascii transfer options and setting
>the strip LF on upload checkbox. Also,  you can run dos2unix
>after the upload on the Unix  system.
>
>Mike Maley
>[e-mail]

You can avoid all these steps by simply using 'rz -a' on the unix side, which
then will automatically change the ms-dos lf's to unix lf's.

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