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can you write to a dos format while in unix mmccaws2 04-08-2008
Posted by mmccaws2 on April 8, 2008, 4:06 pm
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 My users are will be uploading a file from unix. I'm trying to save a
step by formatting the file while in unix so they don't have to format
it with

"perl -p -e 's/\r/\r\n/' < $infile > $dosfile"

The resulting file after copied to windows did not have a readable
format. Is this a process that can only be done after the file
transfer?

Mike

Posted by Joost Diepenmaat on April 8, 2008, 4:12 pm
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> My users are will be uploading a file from unix. I'm trying to save a
> step by formatting the file while in unix so they don't have to format
> it with
>
> "perl -p -e 's/\r/\r\n/' < $infile > $dosfile"
>
> The resulting file after copied to windows did not have a readable
> format. Is this a process that can only be done after the file
> transfer?

No, you're doing it wrong.

*ON UNIX*, you can do:

perl -p -e 's/\n/\r\n/' < $infile > $dosfile

Final results are dependent on the transfer protocol (i.e. do NOT
transfer those files with FTP in ASCII mode).

--
Joost Diepenmaat | blog: http://joost.zeekat.nl/ | work: http://zeekat.nl/

Posted by Rich Grise on April 8, 2008, 4:54 pm
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On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:12:18 +0200, Joost Diepenmaat wrote:

>
>> My users are will be uploading a file from unix. I'm trying to save a
>> step by formatting the file while in unix so they don't have to format
>> it with
>>
>> "perl -p -e 's/\r/\r\n/' < $infile > $dosfile"
>>
>> The resulting file after copied to windows did not have a readable
>> format. Is this a process that can only be done after the file
>> transfer?
>
> No, you're doing it wrong.
>
> *ON UNIX*, you can do:
>
> perl -p -e 's/\n/\r\n/' < $infile > $dosfile
>
> Final results are dependent on the transfer protocol (i.e. do NOT
> transfer those files with FTP in ASCII mode).

What's wrong with
$ todos < $infile > $dosfile
?

Thanks,
Rich



Posted by mmccaws2 on April 8, 2008, 5:16 pm
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> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:12:18 +0200, Joost Diepenmaat wrote:
>
> >> My users are will be uploading a file from unix. I'm trying to save a
> >> step by formatting the file while in unix so they don't have to format
> >> it with
>
> >> "perl -p -e 's/\r/\r\n/' < $infile > $dosfile"
>
> >> The resulting file after copied to windows did not have a readable
> >> format. Is this a process that can only be done after the file
> >> transfer?
>
> > No, you're doing it wrong.
>
> > *ON UNIX*, you can do:
>
> > perl -p -e 's/\n/\r\n/' < $infile > $dosfile
>
> > Final results are dependent on the transfer protocol (i.e. do NOT
> > transfer those files with FTP in ASCII mode).
>
> What's wrong with
> $ todos < $infile > $dosfile
> ?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich

we're using scp that comes on HPUX. The results did seem to change.

Mike

Posted by mmccaws2 on April 8, 2008, 5:19 pm
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> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:12:18 +0200, Joost Diepenmaat wrote:
>
> >> My users are will be uploading a file from unix. I'm trying to save a
> >> step by formatting the file while in unix so they don't have to format
> >> it with
>
> >> "perl -p -e 's/\r/\r\n/' < $infile > $dosfile"
>
> >> The resulting file after copied to windows did not have a readable
> >> format. Is this a process that can only be done after the file
> >> transfer?
>
> > No, you're doing it wrong.
>
> > *ON UNIX*, you can do:
>
> > perl -p -e 's/\n/\r\n/' < $infile > $dosfile
>
> > Final results are dependent on the transfer protocol (i.e. do NOT
> > transfer those files with FTP in ASCII mode).
>
> What's wrong with
> $ todos < $infile > $dosfile
> ?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich

Sorry that wasn't quite right. I made the change and then scp'd. scp
on XP which is a product of Attachmate.

Mike

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