On Feb 22 11:12, Sven Severus wrote: > $ mount > c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts type > system (binmode) > C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (textmode) > C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (textmode) > c:\cygwin\tmp on /tmp type system (binmode) > C:\cygwin on / type system (textmode) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Your home is mounted textmode.
> c: on /c type system (textmode) > $ pwd > /home/es_sv > $ echo peng >p.txt && CO=$(cat p.txt) && od -c <<<"$CO" > 0000000 p e n g \r \n > 0000006 Which explains this behaviour. The tools are using the default mode, which is textmode in your case. I suggest replacing all textmode mounts with binmode mounts. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/
