CRLF as line terminator in zone file

[Edmund]

Sorry, not BIND discussion list anymore, should be SAMBA.

HINT: Convert between unix and dos text formats

Jim barry has written an excellent drag-and-drop cr/lf converter for
windows. Just drag your file onto the icon and it converts the file.

Get it from
ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/contributed/fixcrlf.zip


Joe Abley wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 05:51:12PM +0800, Edmund wrote:
> > Why all the troubles ?  If I haven't forgotten, 'samba' might have
> > command to perform a dos to unix text file copy and conversion.
>
> That rang some bells, so I went to check... However, I found this:
>
> [http://au1.samba.org/samba/docs/FAQ/#1]
> > We get many requests for CRLF/LF format conversion handling by samba.
> > The problem is that there is no clean way to determine which files
> > should / could be converted and which MUST not be.
> >
> > Since Unix and DOS/Windows uses alike will use .txt to represent a
> > file containing ASCII text we can not reliably use the file extension.
> > The same applies to the .doc extension.
> >
> > Samba operates around the premise that we should leave all files unchanged.
> > By not implmenting CRLF/LF conversions we can not be guilty of damaging
> > anyone's files.
> >
> > When someone comes along with a sound implementation that guarrantees file
> > integrity we will jump at the opportunity to implement this feature. Until
> > such time there is no prospect for action on this topic.
>
> So, I guess not.
>
> Joe