From: Jim Weirich <jweirich@...>
Date: 2003-09-20T12:29:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Trouble with binary files?

On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 22:10, Hal Fulton wrote:

> If Unix never distinguished between text and binary files, what
> was the binary mode flag for?

Unix originally didn't have one.  Only has it now for compatibility.

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