1 2014-10-06: Version 7.1
3 * New: Option -i, --info to print file information.
4 This new option prints number of DOS, Unix, and Mac line breaks, the byte
5 order mark, and if the file is text or binary. And it can print the names
6 of files that would be converted.
8 2014-09-09: Version 7.0
10 * New: automated self-tests.
11 * New: option -u to keep UTF-16 encoding.
12 * New: option -v to print information about BOMs and converted line breaks.
13 * Change: stdio mode does not automatically set quiet mode.
14 * Change: stdio mode does not automatically force conversion of binaries.
15 An error is returned when the stdin stream contains a binary symbol.
16 * Bugfix: dos2unix -l created DOS line breaks from Mac line breaks.
17 * Bugfix: system error number was not always returned.
18 * Bugfix: an Unicode input file disabled 7bit and iso mode for next input files.
19 * Bugfix: mac2unix help text, options -b and -r.
20 * The code has been cleaned up.
22 2014-08-03: Version 6.0.6
24 * Bugfix: mac2unix conversion produced corrupted output from UTF-16 input file.
25 * New options -b (keep BOM) and -r (remove BOM).
26 * New translation of the UI messages: Norwegian Bokmaal.
28 2014-04-17: Version 6.0.5
30 * Dos2unix is part of the Translation Project (TP).
31 All translations go via the Translation Project.
32 See http://translationproject.org/
33 * New translations of UI messages: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (traditional),
34 Danish, French, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
35 * New translations of the manual: Brazilian Portuguese, French, German,
37 * Generated man pages are included in the source package to prevent
38 compilation problems with very old or very new perl/pod2man versions.
39 * Manuals are now generated from gettext PO files with po4a for easier
41 * All manuals are now in UTF-8 encoding.
42 * Skip symbolic links on Windows by default (same as on Unix).
44 2013-12-30: Version 6.0.4
46 * New options -ul and -ub to convert UTF-16 files without BOM.
47 * New Russian translation of the messages.
48 * Build 32 bit Windows binaries with Large File Support (LFS)
49 by using mingw-w64 for 32 bit Windows.
50 * When a binary symbol is encountered the value is printed.
52 2013-01-25: Version 6.0.3
54 * Source code compiles with Microsoft Visual C.
55 * Print system error when writing output fails.
57 2012-09-06: Version 6.0.2
59 * The locale encoding detection has been fixed when NLS was disabled.
60 * Print line number when a binary symbol is found.
61 * Updated makefiles for Watcom C, and added a new one for OS/2.
63 2012-07-25: Version 6.0.1
65 * Update Spanish translations.
68 2012-05-06: Version 6.0
70 * Conversion of Windows UTF-16 files to Unix UTF-8 files.
71 * Conversion of Unix UTF-8 files to Windows UTF-8 files with byte
74 2012-03-10: Version 5.3.3
76 * Enabled wildcard expansion for all versions.
77 * Fixed a compilation error when debug was enabled.
79 2012-01-27: Version 5.3.2
81 * New homepage URL: http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/dos2unix.html
82 * Compiles for native MSYS.
83 * Compile with OpenWatcom for DOS32 and Win32.
84 * Detect code page on OS/2.
85 * Support wild cards on OS/2.
87 2011-08-09: Version 5.3.1
89 * Spanish translation of messages and manual.
90 * File ownership is maintained in old file mode (Unix only).
91 * Dos2unix and Unix2dos share the same language files.
94 2011-04-26: Version 5.3
96 * Improved handling of symbolic links. New options -F, -R, -S.
97 * Improved handling and reporting of errors.
98 * Source code improvements for Cygwin. Behave exactly as on Linux.
99 * New option --. Treat all following options as file names.
101 2011-03-04: Version 5.2.1
103 * PDF and PostScript generation is optional. No default dependency on
104 GhostScript and Groff.
105 * Enable optional Large File Support (LFS).
106 * Esperanto x-notation is optional. No longer installation of non-standard
108 * Improved error messages.
110 2011-01-31: Version 5.2
112 * ISO conversion mode supports same DOS code pages as SunOS dos2unix does:
113 CP437 (US), CP850 (Western European), CP860 (Portuguese),
114 CP863 (French Canadian), and CP865 (Nordic).
115 * ISO conversion mode supports Windows code page CP1252 (Western).
116 * SunOS compatible options -ascii, -iso, -7, -437, -850, -860, -863, and -865.
117 * Active code page detection for ISO mode.
118 * Fixed ISO conversion of non-breaking space (NBSP).
119 * ISO and 7bit mode can be used in Mac mode.
120 * Treat ASCII Form Feed control characters as valid text.
121 * Update manual pages.
122 * Don't include generated documentation files in Unix source package.
123 * Create a source package in DOS text format.
125 2010-08-18: Version 5.1.1
127 * Added Dutch translation of the manual.
129 * Win32 binary package uses patched MinGW's libintl, with builtin
130 * relocation support.
131 * Support compilation in DOSBox (8.3 file names where needed).
132 * Fixed compilation on Darwin OS.
134 2010-04-03: Version 5.1
136 * Esperanto translations have been added.
137 * Ports to 16 bit DOS have been made.
138 * Command-line options can be set in stdio mode.
139 * Bugfix dos2unix MAC mode: Don't change DOS line endings.
140 * Create stubs for DOS32 versions of mac2unix and unix2mac.
141 * Localization information has been added to the manual.
142 * Man pages have been merged.
143 * Man page generation from Perl POD file.
146 2010-02-16: Version 5.0
148 * Dos2unix and Unix2dos have been bundled in a single package.
149 * German translations have been added.
150 * Dos2unix -l --newline also works in MAC mode.
151 * Unix2dos also got option -l, --newline.
152 * Added MAC mode to Unix2dos: Convert Unix line endings to Mac line endings.
153 * Cleanup of messages and manual.
155 2010-01-24: Version 4.1.2
157 * Preserves file modes in new file mode.
159 2010-01-21: Version 4.1.1
161 * Fixes a compilation problem on FreeBSD.
163 2009-12-28: Version 4.1
165 Automatically skips binary and non-regular files,
166 and the ISO mode has been cleaned up (see ChangeLog).
168 2009-12-21: Version 4.0.1
170 Adds a port to OS/2 Warp. Two wrong conversions in ISO mode
171 have been fixed. The manual page has been updated.
173 2009-12-15: Version 4.0
175 Adds internationalisation (Native Language Support, NLS). A Dutch
176 translation has been added. Ports to Windows and DOS have been made.
177 The problem in DOS/Windows stdio mode has been fixed. The manual has