Re: Unix file vs. Mac file formats

On 9 May 2001 10:15:19 -0700, Josh.Hoover@knowledgestorm.com ("Hoover, Josh") wrote: > because (correct me if I'm wrong), Macs use a different character for > carriage returns than Windows and/or Unix. There are two characters to delimit end of lines - Carrage Return (CR) and Line Feed (LF), which dates back to when printers needed to be told to return the print head back to the start of the line and to move the paper down a line. Sadly for us, this has resulted in a somewhat confused standard, with Windows using CRLF, Unix using LF and Macs using CR. If you upload via FTP using ASCII mode, this will probably be handled automagically for you, btw. -- Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst - freak@aagh.net - http://www.aagh.net/