FCF Crashes opening sample system files under Linux

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Robert Heller () FCF Crashes opening sample system files under Linux
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Opening one of sample systems downloaded from Deepwoods Software crashes the Linux version of FCFMain, why does this happen?

It has to do with End-Of-Line formats.  The two sample systems, ChesapeakeSystem.zip and LHandBS.zip were created with MS-Windows users in mind and the -l option was used to convert the LF EOLs to CRLF EOLs.  Under Linux they need to be unpacked with the -a option to unzip:

unzip -a ChesapeakeSystem.zip
unzip -a LHandBS.zip

Now they can be opened successfully under Linux with FCFMain.
Robert Heller                      -- 978-544-6933
Deepwoods Software        -- Download the Model Railroad System
http://www.deepsoft.com/  -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows
heller@deepsoft.com        -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/