open() in binary vs. text mode

[Jp Calderone]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 10:03:17AM -0800, Bob Roberts wrote:
> I just finished tracking down a cross-platorm bug.  The problem was
> that I didn't open() a file in binary ("rb") mode.  What exactly does
> the binary flag do on windows?  What is it's purpose?

  In text mode, \n's written to disk are translated to \r\n's before they
are actually written.  This translation is reversed when reading.  Binary
files have no translations performed on them.

  Jp

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