Index: sodar/trunk/sodar/scintec/maindata.py
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--- sodar/trunk/sodar/scintec/maindata.py (revision 296)
+++ sodar/trunk/sodar/scintec/maindata.py (revision 300)
@@ -152,8 +152,15 @@
         # Divide the data into blocks
         # across boundaries separated by blank lines.
-        blocks = [block.strip()
-                  for block
-                  in mnd.split('\n\n')
-                  if block.strip()]
+        EOL = '\r\n' # Windows file binary copied to Unix
+        def divide(mnd,eol):
+            blocks = [block.strip()
+                      for block
+                      in mnd.split(eol*2)
+                      if block.strip()]
+            if len(blocks) < 2:
+                eol = '\n' # Windows to Windows or Unix to Unix
+                blocks, eol = divide(mnd,eol)
+            return (blocks,eol)
+        blocks,EOL = divide(mnd,EOL)
         
         # The first block is the specification of the format header.
@@ -161,5 +168,5 @@
         format_header_spec = [line.strip()
                               for line
-                              in blocks[0].split('\n')
+                              in blocks[0].split(EOL)
                               if line.strip()]
                               
@@ -190,5 +197,5 @@
         file_header_body = [line.strip()
                             for line
-                            in blocks[1].split('\n')
+                            in blocks[1].split(EOL)
                             if not line.strip().startswith('#')]
         self.comments = dict([(name.strip(),value.strip())
@@ -219,5 +226,5 @@
         self.extend([Profile([line.strip()
                               for line
-                              in block.split('\n')
+                              in block.split(EOL)
                               if line.strip()])
                      for block