Hi, On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > > As a side note on this issue, there are many dos2unix programs out there. > But, last time I > checked (many years ago) very few unix2dos versions.
A quick check at D2U734B.ZIP shows: dos2unix.exe, unix2dos.exe, mac2unix.exe, unix2mac.exe > But alas, this is not an issue either. > Just pipe a file through the V8Power Tools “vstr” program. It cares not what > style file uses > but outputs CRLF. It does not use any I/O buffering. So, it is not super > fast. But, it can also > strip out blank lines, pull indentation, do simple search and replace, change > case, etc. But, > a simple make into DOS line endings is as easy as “type oldfile.lsm | vstr > >newfile.lsm” In the old days, e.g. MS-DOS, the shell itself (COMMAND.COM) couldn't handle .BAT files that weren't CR+LF. So that was a problem then, but FreeCOM doesn't care. Also, the built-in (FreeCOM) "TYPE" will convert for you on-the-fly. So you (only) do "type myfile.txt > myfile.new" to simulate "unix2dos". Of course, (IIRC) that changes the timestamp, so that's not a good solution for important files. It has been suggested that every file be massaged, but I don't think that's wise. I wouldn't change every file in every .ZIP to be CR+LF just to please DOS purists. It's not necessary and might confuse things. I suggest leaving files inside .ZIPs untouched and unmodified unless otherwise being updated (new features, bugfixes, etc). Don't forget that "unzip -a" will also convert text linefeed endings for you when unpacking (-a auto-convert any text files). So I think it's not necessary to forcibly adjust every file (in case someone was overzealous enough to attempt that). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
