UNIX and DOS file formats?

aza · 11-2-02, 10:18 AM

What the differences in UNIX and DOS text files formats?

RocketJeff · 11-2-02, 10:49 AM

In MS-DOS (and Windows), text file lines end with both a carrage-return and a new-line (<cr><nl>) characters.

In Unix, text files only have a new-line character at the end.

aza · 11-2-02, 11:09 AM

Thank you for answering.

Does it mean that 1-string text files in DOS and UNIX have just the same format?

RocketJeff · 11-2-02, 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by aza
Does it mean that 1-string text files in DOS and UNIX have just the same format?

Depends on how the file was created. Some editors/utilities automatically put the end-of-line character(s) on the last line of a file (even if it is only a single line).

In this case, the file size will differ by 1 byte at most.

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RocketJeff just a former customer... Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,630 Reputation: 9	In MS-DOS (and Windows), text file lines end with both a carrage-return and a new-line (<cr><nl>) characters. In Unix, text files only have a new-line character at the end.