From: Roger Pack Date: 2011-05-18T04:25:36+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:36284] \r\n not possible in 1.9.3 on windows anymore? Hello all. Noticed the following. $ cat test.rb File.open('yo', 'w') do |f| f.write "a\nb" end p File.binread('yo') With 1.9.2, doze, works as I would expect it to: $ ruby -v test.rb ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18) [i386-mingw32] 4 "a\r\nb" With 1.9.3, doze: $ ruby -v test.rb ruby 1.9.3dev (2011-05-18 trunk 31614) [i386-mingw32] 3 "a\nb" Anybody know what's going on here? Thanks! -roger-