Greetings, Soegtrop, Michael! > Why should anybody use "wb" mode to open a file in a Linux centric app
Because it removes ambiguity. Everybody should use binary IO unless they explicitly want text behavior. Not just because they don't care. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, June 9, 2017 18:29:10 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple