From c3405ba93ee5a90c75e4eb95f842765b10281928 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Faylor Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 02:14:06 +0000 Subject: * overview2.sgml: Remove CTRL-Z discussion. * cygwinenv.sgml: Expand on CYGWIN=binmode. --- winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml') 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 no . (no)binmode - 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. Warning!If set in 12/98 b20.1, all files always open in binary mode. -- cgit v1.2.3