NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/gnu/emacs/help/3699

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From: [e-mail] (Kevin Broadey)
Subject: Re: read/write dos files from Un*x
In-Reply-To: [e-mail]'s message of Mon, 10 Aug 92 20:26:53 GMT
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Sender: [e-mail] (Kevin Broadey)
Organization: EDS-Scicon, Milton Keynes, UK
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 09:46:12 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Todd Thompson) writes:

   I'm sure the title sounds bizarre, but bear with me.  I import/export
   files from/to DOS machiness quite frequently.  Are there any
   Emacs-lisp packages out there that will convert the CR/LF to the LF
   used in Un*x  so that the buffer doesn't have the annoying ^M
   appearing at the end of a line?

   Thanks for any help you may provide.

   Todd Thompson

This one ought to be in the FAQ if it isn't already there.

You haven't said _how_ you're importing/exporting your DOS files, but the most
basic way is by doing M-ESC (replace-string "\r\n" "\n") after you've imported
your file, and M-ESC (replace-string "\n" "\r\n") before you export.

If you're using PC-NFS then use DOS2UNIX to create the import copy and UNIX2DOS
for export.

If you've got a more tightly-nit UNIX-DOS network (we've got a shared TCP/IP -
Novell LAN) you can set up a PC as an FTP Server using something like Novell's
LAN WorkPlace and then use the Emacs command `ftp-find-file' to import and
'ftp-write-file' to export.

BTW I've modified `ftp-find-file' so it does auto-mode-selection _without_
clobbering all those buffer-local variables that FTP uses.
--
Kevin Broadey, EDS-Scicon
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