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- Subject: Re: PRINT.EXE a binary file?
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- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 18:40:31 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep5.001106.24945@newstand.syr.edu> amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) writes:
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- >>It turned out that PRINT.EXE was only equiped to handle non-binary
- >>files! (This was confirmed after checking the manuals.) An
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- >I didn't see it my manuals either, but many dos level programs intended
- >for text files, have a hidden (or poorly documented) /b switch for
- >use with binary files. Try print /b file.ext
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- /b is already used (for block size, I think). I checked all the
- possible single letter switches and failed to turn up anything.
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