Re: binary files bad idea? why?

[Spiro Trikaliotis]

Hello,

* On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 06:16:00PM -0400 address@hidden wrote:
 
> But if it wasn't marked as binary when it was checked in, the checked-in
> data may have been corrupted, so you have to check the file after changing
> the mode and redo the checkin if necessary.

This is no problem from my experience if the initial check-in was done
from a Unix (LF-) based system, but it is a problem if it was done from
a DOS (CR/LF-) based system.

Regards,
   Spiro.

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