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Calvinguy · 10-10-2002, 07:54 AM

Try to open the files in windows notepad or wordpad.

If it looks fine it's windows newline \r

If there is a square box in the end every line it's unix newline \n.
Windows can't handle unix newlines and fuckup and show a square instead. Some default ascii char.

I'm not sure if it helps.

10-10-2002, 07:54 AM
Calvinguy Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: European Union Posts: 1,752	Try to open the files in windows notepad or wordpad. If it looks fine it's windows newline \r If there is a square box in the end every line it's unix newline \n. Windows can't handle unix newlines and fuckup and show a square instead. Some default ascii char. I'm not sure if it helps. Last edited by Calvinguy; 10-10-2002 at 07:56 AM..