well, in DOS you have ascii and binary, so in ascii if you write a
file it will translate a "\n" to a "\r\n"
while in unix a "\n" is a "\n", a file is a file is a file.
like the ASCII and binary mode for ftp, if you mix it up on DOS it
messes the file up but in unix it doesn't care.
another wondeful legacy from mr Gates' crap programming, as well as enabling the internet to fill up with viruses, spam and botnets