Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!tymix!cirrusl!ss168!dhesi From: dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Zoo file for msdos: change ``LF'' to ``CR'' for ascii files Message-ID: <3066@cirrusl.UUCP> Date: 17 Apr 91 23:09:16 GMT References: <69980@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <16901@chopin.udel.edu> <1991Apr11.134027.1825@cs.ruu.nl> <70463@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Sender: news@cirrusl.UUCP Reply-To: Rahul Dhesi Lines: 19 In <70463@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) writes: >There is a difficulty using .zoo the files on msdos. >The files on unix uses ``LF'' as end of line. After the files zoo'ed >on unix and ftp'ed to a msdos machine and unzoo'ed there, ``LF'' remains. If a text file was originally archived on a UNIX system and is unarchived under MS-DOS, you will need to do newline conversions. The best way to do this is to use my "flip" program. It was posted to comp.sources.misc about two years ago. If you're lucky, it may be available for ftp from somewhere. I don't email it to end users to minimize traffic, but if any well-known major archive site needs it I will send it. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: oliveb!cirrusl!dhesi