On 19 June 2006 13:46, astro wrote: > Dear Dave Korn, > > OK, next thing is maybe it reckons your files are binary for some reason. > Try adding the -a (--text) option to your command line. > > It worked after giving this parameter. > But still wondering how come this was working before even without giving -a > option!!!
Your files must have gotten some binary characters in them somehow. You could take a look at them using "od -c" to see what non-ASCII chars show up - see "info od" for more. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/