Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!sarah!newserve!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!consp03 From: consp03@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Kriston J. Rehberg) Subject: Re: Sparc floppies Message-ID: <1991Jun28.184838.11020@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> Keywords: Amiga, MSDOS, Sparc Sender: usenet@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu (Mr News) Nntp-Posting-Host: bingsunp.pod.binghamton.edu Reply-To: consp03@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Kriston J. Rehberg) Organization: SUNY Binghamton References: <1991Jun27.050723.9839@midway.uchicago.edu> <15974@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <1991Jun28.154937.13973@javelin.sim.es.com> Distribution: usa Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 18:48:38 GMT In article <1991Jun28.154937.13973@javelin.sim.es.com>, dingebre@imp.es.com (David Ingebretsen) writes: |>We have mtools installed on a couple of our Suns but it doesn't seem to write |>binary files properly. I can write a binary file, then read it, and a UNIX diff shows that it has changed. Text files don't have a problem. |> |>If anyone can explain how to get mtools to properly write a binary file, |>I would really appreciate it. Ask your admin if they compiled it with the 'textfile' option on - the mtools suite has the ability to translate CR's to CR/LF's that MSDOS needs to view textfiles properly. The option is -t on our version to turn ON the conversion, so you may be able to turn it off using -t. Good luck, |>David -Kris +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Kriston J. Rehberg, Consultant, SUNY-Binghamton Computer Services | | or | | #include "Hackito ergo sum" - old Latin proverb | +-------------------------------------------------------------- ;-b --+