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CoRrRan - 23 Apr 2007 11:30 GMT

I would like to know how I can check, prior to opening a textfile, for
DOS/UNIX/MAC formatting of the file. Is there a way to do this, or is it
impossible?

Thx, CoRrRan

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Phill W. - 23 Apr 2007 12:45 GMT

> I would like to know how I can check, prior to opening a textfile, for
> DOS/UNIX/MAC formatting of the file. Is there a way to do this, or is it
> impossible?

The best you can do is to take an "educated guess" based on the
line-breaks that you find in the file ...

Cr    Mac (I think)
Lf     Unix
Cr Lf    Windows

... but it /is/ only a guess. There's /no/ guarantee that you won't
find, say, Lf-delimited files on a Windows machine.

HTH,
Phill W.

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CoRrRan - 23 Apr 2007 13:48 GMT

Hey Phill,

Yes, I do realize I can do that, but I KNOW I will encounter both UNIX
and DOS formatted text files. I know UltraEdit somehow knows what kind
of file I'm trying to load, and consequently asks me to convert it. I
guess it somehow is able to check for file formatting, but perhaps it
does it in a rough way and reads in part of the file prior to asking me
the conversion question. I was just hoping that somehow it is known on
the outside what kind of file I'm trying to load.

CoRrRan

>> I would like to know how I can check, prior to opening a textfile, for
>> DOS/UNIX/MAC formatting of the file. Is there a way to do this, or is
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> HTH,
> Phill W.

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 23 Apr 2007 21:56 GMT

"CoRrRan" <CoRrRan~NOSPAM~@~NOSPAM~gmail.com> schrieb:

> Yes, I do realize I can do that, but I KNOW I will encounter both UNIX and
> DOS formatted text files. I know UltraEdit somehow knows what kind of file
> I'm trying to load, and consequently asks me to convert it. I guess it
> somehow is able to check for file formatting, but perhaps it does it in a
> rough way and reads in part of the file prior to asking me the conversion
> question.

Yes, the decision is made on some (statistical) analysis of a part of the
file.

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CoRrRan - 24 Apr 2007 14:41 GMT

Ah, so it does 'cheat'. :-) I guess I'll have to think of something similar.

Thanks for answering Herfried!

CoRrRan

> "CoRrRan" <CoRrRan~NOSPAM~@~NOSPAM~gmail.com> schrieb:
>> Yes, I do realize I can do that, but I KNOW I will encounter both UNIX
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> Yes, the decision is made on some (statistical) analysis of a part of
> the file.

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