(wc): Use binary mode for input.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/wc.c b/src/wc.c
index 3590bf54a..9571fd9da 100644
--- a/src/wc.c
+++ b/src/wc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* wc - print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files
-   Copyright (C) 85, 91, 95, 96, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 85, 91, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ wc (int fd, const char *file)
 
   lines = words = chars = linelength = 0;
 
+  /* We need binary input, since `wc' relies on `lseek' and byte counts.  */
+  SET_BINARY (fd);
+
   /* When counting only bytes, save some line- and word-counting
      overhead.  If FD is a `regular' Unix file, using lseek is enough
      to get its `size' in bytes.  Otherwise, read blocks of BUFFER_SIZE