Re: utp, fast EOL converter (description)

[schaf@meadow.muc.de (Soenke Behrens)]

> schaf@meadow.muc.de (Soenke Behrens) writes:
> >Hmm. I know that lf2cr worked directly on the file you gave to it,
> >meaning basically that in case anything goes haywire, you lost your file.
> >udl, in comparison, uses a temporary file for security. That makes it
> >a bit slower (it has to copy the file over at the end), but so what
> You sure the real reason wasn't (at least originally) because you can't
> convert Apple or UNIX to and from MS-DOS in place? :-)

Yup. However, with the version now floating around, CR<->LF conversions
are done in place. Once CR/LF gets involved, that's obviously no longer
possible :)

Anyway, let's close this thread. It's getting silly.

Soenke
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