gEDA-bug: [ geda-Patches-1733826 ] Avoid writting '\r' to files on MinGW

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Patches item #1733826, was opened at 2007-06-08 19:08
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Category: win32 port
Group: CVS
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Cesar Strauss (cstrauss)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Avoid writting '\r' to files on MinGW

Initial Comment:
When using the "w" mode in fopen, MinGW translates LF into CR-LF. This creates havoc when reading the same file again, when sharing schematics files with other systems, and when placing them in a VCS.

This can be avoided by using the "wb" mode. The "b" is ignored on all POSIX conforming systems, according to these sources:

http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man3/fopen.3.html
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/fopen.html

There are other ways, however. Adding 

#include <fcntl.h>
int _fmode = _O_BINARY;

on some source file should work as well. Another way is linking against the MinGW supplied binmode.o, which does exactly that.

Cesar


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