[CMake] FILE command working

[Eric Noulard]

2010/7/9 Johny <Johny.Jose at cern.ch>:
> On 07/09/2010 11:31 AM, Michael Wild wrote:
>>
>> On 9. Jul, 2010, at 11:24 , Johny wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I was working with the FILE(STRINGS filename lineList) and i discovered
>>> that i end up getting a list which has a lesser number of strings than the
>>> actual lines in the file. However this happens with only some files, i went
>>> through those but they seem to be regular files. When i count the no of new
>>> lines in the files i get the correct no of lines for the file.
>>>
>>> This has led me to believe that the FILE strings command is at fault
>>> somehow. How does it work?
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>> Johny
>>>
>>
>> Just an idea, but do these files contain mixed line endings (i.e. some
>> lines end on \n, others on \r\n)?
>>
>> Michael
>
> nope i checked for that too. Its not the case

May be you can send us an example of such file ?
It would be easier to investigate.

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Erk
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