On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Dominique Busso wrote:
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> We need to generate a text file that will be used on a Sun / Solaris.
> We tried to use CR for end of line character, but it does not generate an
> end of line under Solaris... When we copy/paste the character from a file
> coming from the sun, it generates an end of line in the script, thus an
> error...
> Does anybody have an idea how to solve this? thanks!
I'm not sure I understand the problem from the above description, but
most likely the issue is just that different end-of-line characters
are used on the different platforms. UNIX uses ASCII 10 (aka line
feed), MacOS uses ASCII 13 (aka return), and DOS/Windows uses both
(CRLF). If you open a file for text write (the default), the
appropriate translations are made automatically. This should also
happen if you use cut/copy/paste to move text from one application to
another. If you open a file for binary write, however, you have to do
the translations yourself. Use the replace command with whatever
combination of numToChar(10) and numToChar(13) is appropriate.
Regards,
Scott
> Dominique Busso
>
> OpenMind International
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