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Re: Downloading Un*x files

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From: Clayton Cramer
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1986 17:45
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> I have been trying to download some files from  a Un*x machine
> and apparently what arrives doesn't have carriage returns.  Can 
> anyone send me a program to convert from Un*x to ST text format,
> either to run on the ST or the host?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Bart Atwell
> 
> -------

One of the annoying things about UNIX (compared to SENSIBLE operating
systems) is that "line feed" is the end of line marker.  Your best
bet is to write a filter under UNIX to replace '\n' with "\0x0d\n" in
the file you are downloading.
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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
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Subject: Re: Downloading Un*x files
Message-ID: <522@kontron.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 12:45:55 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 20 12:45:55 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 24-Feb-86 06:17:06 EST
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Organization: Kontron Electronics, Irvine, CA
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