Lars

I use a freeware PC editor called PFE. It's on the web in several
places. There is a 32bit version for NT and Win95.
This editor knows about the DOS vs UNIX file line delimiters, and here
is the stuff from the help file.

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Detecting UNIX Format Automatically

When opening a file, PFE looks at what characters are used to terminate
a line. If the first line is terminated by a single Line-Feed character,
PFE assumes that the file is in Unix format; otherwise, it will assume
the file is in MS-DOS format.
Normally, if a file appear to be in Unix format when opened, PFE will
automatically set the Save in Unix Format file mode, so that when you
save the file it will be written in the same Unix format.
If you work with Unix files on your system, this will probably be what
you want to happen. However, if you normally want to save files in DOS
format, however they look originally, you can disable this feature with
the Options Preferences command.
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This works well, so it is not an issue whether I edit a DOS/Windows
file, UNIX file shared by Samba, or MPE file shared by Samba.
Also, I can save a file in any format, so moving these between system is
a breeze.
That is another huge advantage of Samba.
I've just installed 5.5, and can't wait to install Samba.

Regards

Neil


>-----Original Message-----
>From:  [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Saturday, January 25, 1997 1:05 PM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Question re Samba and text files (CRLF vs LF)
>
>Hi all,
>
>with using Samba/iX as a connectivity product i.e. to share
>files between PC's and the 3000 (remember the files reside
>in the regular HFS namespace) a question regarding text files
>arises: the CRLF versus LF issue.
>
>If you create a textfile on the PC (e.g. with Notepad) and
>view it on the 3000 (e.g. with print or vi) it will show a
>CR at the end of each line (print might not make it visible)
>as the bytestream line delimiter is LF (in the Posix world).
>
>If you create a textfile on the 3000 (e.g. with editor or
>vi) and view it on the PC the missing CR's tend to confuse
>the PC editor (Notepad is ugly, Write is ok).
>
>This is not MPE/iX or Samba specific. It also applies to
>the Unixes and other LanManager-compatible server software.
>
>File transfers with ftp or terminal emulators distinguish
>binary and text files and convert CRLF/LF for the latter.
>
>Any ideas on this issue? Tips? Tricks? Conversion utils?
>
>Or does everybody only use the 3000 as a central disc for
>the PC's and not access files from 3000 and PC frequently?
>
>Cheers, Lars.