From: bjl@loki.research.ptt.nl (Ben Lippolt) Subject: Re: Conversion between DOS and Unix text files (was heroic stuff) Date: 5 Sep 1992 13:47:02 GMT
wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
>>You can even mount DOS partitions in such a way that the conversion is
>>done automatically.
>I don't think this is a particularly good idea, since it can easily lead
>to unwanted conversions, like in this case when a shell script was
>converted and no longer worked. Your mileage may act differently, of
>course.
True, but I think it not wise to use the DOS FS for things it was never
meant. It is not a substitute for a real filesystem. IMO you should not
use it as a place to store binaries, scripts, etc.
BTW, personally I don't use the conversion option.
Ben Lippolt.