help editing files in linux!!

[Graeme Nichols]

mike wrote:
> i'm ftping a linux config file over to windows and editing it in 
> windows.  when i send it back to linux i see all these ^M characterse in 
> the doc.  how do i edit it in a safe way or how do i prevent the 
> garbling on the return back to linux?

If you can mount the windows file system (or disk) then use the mcopy 
command from the mtools package. It will ensure the correct EOL is 
always maintained. Or if you cannot mount the windows file system mount 
a floppy in linux and mcopy to the floppy and edit the file in windows 
from the floppy and then mcopy the file back to linux from the floppy.

mcopy [linux-file] [windows directory/filename]
or mcopy [linux-file] [/mnt/floppy/filename] (or wherever you have 
mounted the floppy)
mcopy [windows-file] [linux directory/filename]
or after editing the file on the floppy in windows
mcopy [/mnt/floppy/filename] [linux-directory/filename]

All done from the linux machine. I always use this method and have never 
had a problem.

man mtools for further information.

Just as a matter of curiosity, why do you want to edit a linux config 
file on windows? Linux has a heap of good text editors.

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