Re: [GnuWin32-Users] dd: How to access devices like a: (was: texinfo-4.6 says: Terminal ... is not smart ...)

Kees Zeelenberg writes: > I think the behaviour of dd from the released fileutils is caused > by its reading files in text mode, Ouch. Isn't using text mode very wrong for any imaginable use of dd on Windows, i.e. rendering it practically useless? --tml -

[GnuWin32-Users] [SourceForge.net Release] gnuwin32 : tiff

Project: GnuWin32 (gnuwin32) Package: tiff Date : 2005-02-18 23:36 Project "GnuWin32" ('gnuwin32') has released the new version of package 'tiff'. You can download it from SourceForge.net by following this link: or

[GnuWin32-Users] Re: Compiling GNU Packages for Win32 (was: [Groff] groff CVS now needs texinfo 4.8)

- Original Message - From: "Keith MARSHALL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 5:14 PM Subject: Compiling GNU Packages for Win32 (was: [Groff] groff CVS now needs texinfo 4.8) IMO, this approach, as adopted by groff, is the most appropriate m

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] dd: How to access devices like a: (was: texinfo-4.6 says: Terminal ... is not smart ...)

- Original Message - From: "Mathias Michaelis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 12:31 AM Subject: [GnuWin32-Users] dd: How to access devices like a: (was: texinfo-4.6 says: Terminal ... is not smart ...) dd if=\\.\A:of=some_file bs=1k count=1440 With dd from the

[GnuWin32-Users] Compiling GNU Packages for Win32 (was: [Groff] groff CVS now needs texinfo 4.8)

Hi Kees, > Basically, the mingw headers are patched for inclusion of the corresponding > *x.h files; see also the 'installation and usage' section on > http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libgw32c.htm. ... I *really* don't like to do this. IMHO, the headers supplied with the compiler sho

[GnuWin32-Users] Re: dd: How to access devices like a:

Hello Tor >>> dd if=\\.\A: of=/tmp/adrive bs=1k >>> works and reads 1440 kilobytes. >>> >> But not for me with gnuwin32 dd (fileutils) 4.1.1 within a cmd >> shell of WinXP SP2 professional. >> > Ah, but I used Cygwin's dd... > Thanks for this and also for the diskussion of the possible reasons