From: krzysztof cierpisz <ciapecki@...>
Date: 2009-08-19T01:10:16+09:00
Subject: Re: fromdos dos2unix in ruby

> Try something like this:
>
> buffer = ''
> File.open(ARGV[1], 'wb') do |out|     # open for writing binary
>    File.open(ARGV[0], 'rb') do |in|    # open for reading binary
>      while in.read(1024, buffer)       # read upto 1024 bytes into  
> buffer
>        out.write buffer.gsub(/\r\n/, "\n")  # change ending and write  
> out
>      end
>    end                               # end of block closes input
> end                                 # end of block closes output
>
> -Rob
>

thanks Rob,

I just added binary mode to what I had, and now it's working under
Windows as well.
I am always forgetting about "b" mode under windows.

thanks
chris