Re: strange question about the io.write

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

On 19/11/2009 11:08, Kenneth Forsbäck wrote:
> Different platforms use different definitions for new line.
>
> unix/linux = LF
> windows = CRLF
> mac = CR

To be exact, pre-OS X Macs use CR only. AFAIK, MacOS X uses LF like all Unix systems.

> bidong liao wrote:
> > but why? different platforms got different results(mac got CRLF but 
> > windows
> > got CRCRLF)?

Because on systems with LF as line ending, CR is kept as is, LF is converted to system's 
line ending, ie. LF...

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