On 2007-06-22, Dave Korn wrote: > On 21 June 2007 21:47, Lee Rhodes wrote: > > > > I am struggling with the infamous unix/dos end-of-line '\r\n' vs '\n' > > incompatibilities. It seems that no matter what shell I use (bash, sh, > > Cygwin, rxvt, dos) that the gnu make utility throws errors when it sees the > > '\r' CR character. > > > > Do I have to convert ALL the downloaded files into the unix format > > (dos2unix)? > > Nope, what you have to do is you have to /not/ use winzip to unpack the > archives. Use cygwin's command-line tar utility.
I agree with the advice to use tar, but WinZip does have an option to fix this behavior. From the menu bar, select Options -> Configuration -> Miscellaneous Uncheck the "TAR file smart CR/LF conversion" box. (Odd use of "smart".) Click OK. Regards, Gary -- 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/
