On 10 Aug, Brian Dessent wrote: > The asterisk denotes whether the file was read in binary or text mode. > Cygwin defaults to binary whereas linux defaults to text (but here the > distinction is irrelevent.) You can use -b or -t as appropriate to > change the behavior.
Thanks Brian, Corinna. I didn't read the man page closely enough, sorry. luke -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/