Re: [MacPerl] Re: Newlines

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 20.03 10/12/97, David Turley wrote:
>Forgive me, but I just don't get this LF/CR problem. I write my scripts
>most of the time in BBEdit, but about 25% of the time I am forced to use a
>Win(% machine, and UltraEdit. I run the scripts under MacPerl on my Mac,
>under the Win port of Perl when at work, and on several Unix boxes. I have
>never had a problem with LF/CR on any machine with any script. When exaclty
>does this prblem crop up?

If you transfer the files in text/ASCII mode via FTP, then there is no problem.  If you transfer them as binary files, then the files will not work properly when transferred.

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