Re: Re[2]: LYNX-DEV Using lynx for command line ftp.

[John E. Davis]

On Fri, 5 Dec 1997 08:53:30 -0500 (EST), Wayne Buttles <address@hidden> said:
>>    Lynx is writing to stdout and the ``OS'' is redirecting the output
>> to my_file.zip.  As I recall stdout is opened in text mode and the OS 
>> uses text mode to perform the redirection.
>
>Well I just tried setting _fmode = O_BINARY; and it still corrupts zips on
>the way down (with or without 4dos).  Either I missed lynx setting the
>mode back or piping under windos is text mode only.

I think that changing _fmode only affects newly opened files.  stdout
is already open when when lynx starts running, so _fmode has nothing
to do with it.

--John