copying files from Unix to Win system

[mikeraz at patch.com]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 09:24:24AM -0700, mikeraz at patch.com typed:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm automating a process that receives text files via ftp and then mounts
> a SAMBA share to copy the files to a Windows based file server.
>
> [snip of how I first did it]
> 
> While I'm scratching my head over why this isn't being done automagically,
> I'm considering:
> 
>    @lines_in_file = <INFILE>;
>    foreach (@lines_in_file) {
> 	chomp;
>    }
> 
>    $/ = "\015\012";  # from newlines in perlport
>    foreach (@lines_in_file) {
>    	print OUTFILE "$_$/";
>    }
> 
> 
> But that feels wrong as in there has to be a better way wrong.
> 

the key was to quit thinking of the file as a collection of lines.

as Charles Radley suggested a s/ / / operation is the key to easing my
discomfort.

   [ open the respective files as IFILE and OFILE ]
   undef $/;
   $slurp = <IFILE>;
   $slurp =~ s/\012/\015\012/g;
   print OFILE $slurp;
   [ close all ]

Handles the translation fine at the expense of assuming that the file fits
into memory  and other such things . . . . 

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