0x0a (newline under linux) is getting transliterated to 0x0d/0x0a (carriage return/linefeed) under DOS/Windows.

Try binmode (OUTFILE); after the open.

It has to do with the way various operating systems interpet the character used to indicate an end of line. *nix's have always used a single character, 0x0a (represented by '\n', or the ASCII 'LF' name) to indicate an end of line. DOS/Windows uses a carriage return (symbolized by '\r', or the ASCII 'CR' name), followed by a linefeed (symbolized by '\n', ASCII 'LF'). Macs store it yet another way (I think it's 0x0a then 0x0d, but I'm not versed in Macs).

For more details, see the 'perldoc -f binmode' page.

--Chris

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