From: Matthew A. Lewis (mal11@po.CWRU.Edu)
Date: 09/04/92 

From: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
Subject: Lars is my hero!  (was Re: apologies, but I still need a little help)
Date: 5 Sep 1992 03:27:29 GMT

In a previous article, wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) says:

>>sh install.2.x -v 2.2.2d /usr/src/linux
>>
>>:command not found
>>'yntax error near '()
>>'nstall.2.x:5: 'kernelstuff()
>
>Did your files go via MS-DOS, so that the shell script (a text file) got
>Unix newlines (a lonely LF) converted to MS-DOS newlines (CR then LF)?
>It looks like you did. If so, you need to remove the CRs, with flip or
>some other similar utility if you have one, or standard text utilities
>(tr comes to mind) if you don't.

yeap.....those nasty control-m characters got all in their somehow.
maybe dos ftp or mtools did it.

Should we put a warning in the FAQ about getting text files by FTP???

BTW, gcc 2.2.2d compiled nicely after I deleted all those ^M's....by hand. :) 

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