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binary mode copies


From: Eric Blake
Subject: binary mode copies
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 06:50:17 -0700
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The following patch, first proposed for cygwin, is needed on systems like
cygwin where not copying in binary mode can lead to data corruption.  This
affects mv, cp, and install.

2005-03-15  Corinna Vinschen  <address@hidden>  (tiny change)

        * src/copy.c (copy_reg): Copy regular files in binary mode.

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Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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--- src/copy.c  11 Mar 2005 09:36:52 -0000      1.176
+++ src/copy.c  15 Mar 2005 13:36:56 -0000
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@
       return_val = false;
       goto close_src_desc;
     }
+  SET_BINARY2 (source_desc, dest_desc);
 
   /* Determine the optimal buffer size.  */
 

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