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From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.apple2
Subject: Re: binsciis
Date: 30 Nov 1992 08:28:55 GMT
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mcobb@scott.skidmore.edu (mary cobb) writes:

>Hi... use the unix format.  Unix doesn't like Apple CR's too much, most of
>the time it prefers it's own newline.  Your upload will be stored on a unix
>file system, so use the unix format.

NO! Not Everyone Has Unix. If you are having problems with CR-LF conversion,
then it means you are uploading your text files in binary mode (shame shame).
Besides, it is easy to convert those characters on the unix system:

alias lf2cr "cat \!^ | tr '\012' '\015' > \!^.X ; rm -f \!^; mv \!^.X \!^"
alias cr2lf "cat \!^ | tr '\015' '\012' > \!^.X ; rm -f \!^; mv \!^.X \!^"

add these two lines to your .cshrc (unless you use a Bourne compatible shell,
in which case get a local guru to help you translate) and use:

cr2lf file	to convert "file" from apple to unix format, and
lf2cr file	to convert "file" from unix to apple format.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu