This document is intented to help those with file format problems that 
may arise as a result of creating source code files on a DOS system and
moving them to Unix for compilation.

Files created on a DOS system and transferred to the Sun system can
cause problems. The reason is that the carriage return character may not 
be converted properly. The common symptom is "file-level" errors generated 
by the CC compiler.

Here are a couple of fixes.

1).  If you use ftp to move files from DOS to Sun, be sure to set 
     the transfer mode to ascii (as opposed to binary) before you do
     the transfer.
     
2).  If you have a file on the Sun Unix system that has ^M at the end 
     of each line, you can convert it to Unix format using the dos2unix
     utility.  Note that the extra character (^M) doesn't show up when
     are using the desktop editor.  You will only see what appears to be
     an extra space at the end of each line.
     
     To convert the file to unix format use the following command:
     
     >dos2unix  original-filename  new-filename
     
     If the two file names are the same, the new file will overwrite 
     the old one.
     
I hope this information helps. If you find other ways or have any 
comments/suggestions, please contact me at jne1390@louisiana.edu.

Jim Etheredge