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diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml index bb391a592..c8c00f914 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml @@ -10,9 +10,15 @@ by prefixing with <literal>no </literal>.</para> <listitem> <para><FirstTerm>(no)binmode</FirstTerm> - if set, non-disk (e.g. pipe and COM ports) file opens default to binary mode -(no CR/LF/Ctrl-Z translations) instead of text mode. -Defaults to set (binary mode). This option must be set -before starting a Cygwin shell to have an effect on redirection. +(no CRLF translation) instead of text mode. Defaults to set (binary +mode). By default, devices are opened in binary mode, so this option +has little effect on normal cygwin operations. + +It does affect two things, however. For non-NTFS filesystems, this +option will control the line endings for standard output/input/error +for redirection from the Windows command shell. It will also affect +the default translation mode of a pipe, although most shells set the +pipe to binary by default. </para> <warning><title>Warning!</title><para>If set in 12/98 b20.1, all files always open in binary mode.</para></warning> |