Re: Creating Unix Friendly files in win32

Apart from what its said above you can create unix files by using the following idiom:

open OUT, ">>", "test.txt";
binmode OUT;
print OUT "some text\x0A";
close OUT;
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\x0A is the linefeed characted in hex notation.

holli, /regexed monk/

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Re^2: Creating Unix Friendly files in win32 by polettix (Vicar) on Sep 26, 2005 at 10:24 UTC
Just curious: why use `\x0A` instead of `\n`? Does the latter get converted even if `binmode` is set on the filehandle? Flavio perl -ple'$_=reverse' <<<ti.xittelop@oivalf Don't fool yourself.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Creating Unix Friendly files in win32 by holli (Abbot) on Sep 26, 2005 at 10:43 UTC
Ugh. No. \n and `binmode` works just fine. But \x0A gets converted to \x0D\x0A if `binmode` is not present. That's a pitfall and I must have mixed it up in my memory. holli, /regexed monk/	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Creating Unix Friendly files in win32 by thor (Priest) on Sep 26, 2005 at 11:38 UTC
But \x0A gets converted to \x0D\x0A if binmode is not present. Seriously? By who? I'm not doubting you (as I have no Windows machine handy to test it out on), but that seems a little odd... thor `Feel the white light, the light within Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come`	[reply]