RE: solving the SFTP text mode issue

[Darren Moffat <Darren.Moffat%Sun.COM@localhost>]

>> What if we provide an SFTP command that the client could
>> execute to learn the line separator on the server machine?
>
>I know that this doesn't take care of record-based text file formats, but it
>does take care of Unix, Windows, and Mac, which is much better than nothing,
>and is probably what most people want, anyway.

I'm not sure it does actually solve the probelm for MacOS X unless it is
done on a per file basis.  On MacOS X the line separator could be either
UNIX style or Mac style depending on the creator of the file.  I'm no
Mac expert but I believe that information is easy to find out.

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Darren J Moffat