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- From: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Conversion between DOS and Unix text files (was heroic stuff)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep5.121654.15118@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 5 Sep 92 12:16:54 GMT
- References: <186qb2INNai1@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1899f1INN39a@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <bjl.715689378@freyr>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- B.J.Lippolt@research.ptt.nl writes:
- >In the 'dosfs' package are two tools (fromdos and todos) to convert text
- >files between Unix and DOS format.
-
- I use Rahul Dhesi's flip program myself. Haven't tried fromdos/todos.
-
- >You can even mount DOS partitions in such a way that the conversion is
- >done automatically.
-
- I don't think this is a particularly good idea, since it can easily lead
- to unwanted conversions, like in this case when a shell script was
- converted and no longer worked. Your mileage may act differently, of
- course.
-
- --
- Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi
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