how C output LF to stdout without being changed to CR LF?
The MSVC solution is:
#include <io.h>#include <fcntl.h>..._setmode(1,_O_BINARY)
Other runtimes may provide the C99 solution or an alternate way. EDIT: I believe setmode([file number],O_BINARY)
originated on Borland Turbo C, and other compilers for MS-DOS and Windows imitated it. The _ prefix is done to keep the namespace clean, and may not be present on some compilers.
A text file converts the C character '\n'
into the native line ending on output, and converts the native line ending on input into a single '\n'
.
To get the result you require, you'd have to change stdout
into a binary file stream.
A partial answer is found here. If you have a C99-compliant library, using:
if (freopen(0, "wb", stdout) == 0) ...oops...operation failed...
will attempt to change standard output to a binary stream. However, on Windows, the 'C99-compliant library' might be a problem. Nominally, this is the portable (because standard) answer. There is likely a Windows-specific function to do the same job.
#ifdef _WIN32#include <fcntl.h>#include <io.h>#endif#ifdef __BORLANDC__#define _setmode setmode#endif#include <stdio.h>static void binary_stdout(void) {#ifdef _WIN32 _setmode(_fileno(stdout), _O_BINARY);#endif}int main(void) { binary_stdout(); printf("\n"); return 0;}