Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:48:02AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Jeremy Huntwork wrote: >> >>> I'm thinking that even though I didn't >>> edit the file manually, that perhaps Windows, seeing it was a text file, >>> saved it in its own format when it saved the attachment. >> Of course. Windows knows better than you do. >> What did you use to download? >> > > Well, that's the surprising thing. I used Thunderbird, which I thought > would have known better. But, I suppose if Thunderbird uses Windows APIs > for saving files/attachments, then its still Windows' fault for assuming > I want an ASCII text file to have CR+LF instead of just LF.
Do you have cygwin installed? If so, you could test this behavior. BTW, this is a standard feature of a ftp transfer in ascii mode. Been around for years before Windows. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
