CR-LF Translation Proposal

[Gerald Carter]

> flyer wrote:
> 
> I'm in the need to transfer text files from a Linux box to 
> a Win workstation and consider the Samba inability 
> to properly manage the CR-LF translation a severe problem, 
> if not a bug.
> 
> I red the FAQ about CR-LF translation (missing) support and 
> I don't agree with the theory of not letting Samba 
> translate CR-LF sequences.
> 
> The default behaviour could be left unchanged but an 
> useful support could be given by adding a config option 
> to allow translation for some file extensions only.
> The user itself could specify such extensions and in 
> smb.conf could take place an option like the following:
> CR-LFtranslation = .txt  .doc  ...............

Andrea,

This is a good suggestion, but IMO opinion it is better 
to get an editor than can handle both DOS and UNIX text.
Have you read through all the past discussions on this?
They should all be archived in the mailing lists and are 
fairly extensive IIRC.






Cheers, jerry
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