diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder.xml
index 18829ff47..e508af7fd 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder.xml
@@ -8,26 +8,20 @@
 
     <target name="prepare">
       <mkdir dir="${recdir}"/>
-      <copy toDir="${recdir}">
-        <fileset dir="${recin}"/>
-      </copy>
-      <fixcrlf srcdir="${recdir}"/>
     </target>
 
     <target name="noappend">
-        <copy file="${recdir}/rectest2.result" tofile="${recdir}/rectest1.log"/>
+        <copy file="${recin}/rectest2.result" tofile="${recdir}/rectest1.log"/>
         <record name="${recdir}/rectest1.log" action="start" />
         <echo message="some message1"/>
         <record name="${recdir}/rectest1.log" action="stop" />
-        <fixcrlf srcdir="${recdir}" includes="*.log"/>
     </target>
 
     <target name="append">
-        <copy file="${recdir}/rectest1.result" tofile="${recdir}/rectest2.log"/>
+        <copy file="${recin}/rectest1.result" tofile="${recdir}/rectest2.log"/>
         <record name="${recdir}/rectest2.log" append="true" action="start"/>
         <echo message="some message2"/>
         <record name="${recdir}/rectest2.log" action="stop"/>
-        <fixcrlf srcdir="${recdir}" includes="*.log"/>
     </target>
 
     <target name="restart">
@@ -38,7 +32,6 @@
         <record name="${recdir}/rectest3.log" action="start"/>
         <echo message="some message3"/>
         <record name="${recdir}/rectest3.log" action="stop"/>
-        <fixcrlf srcdir="${recdir}" includes="*.log"/>
     </target>
 
     <target name="deleterestart">
@@ -50,12 +43,11 @@
         <record name="${recdir}/rectest4.log" action="start"/>
         <echo message="some message3"/>
         <record name="${recdir}/rectest4.log" action="stop"/>
-        <fixcrlf srcdir="${recdir}" includes="*.log"/>
     </target>
 
 
     <target name="cleanup">
-        <delete dir="${recdir}"/>
+       <delete dir="${recdir}"/>
     </target>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.java
index 89fe5d4d3..4a426c45f 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -971,21 +971,31 @@ public class FileUtils {
     /**
      * Compares the contents of two files.
      *
-     * <p>simple but sub-optimal comparision algorithm.  written for
-     * working rather than fast. Better would be a block read into
-     * buffers followed by long comparisions apart from the final 1-7
-     * bytes.</p>
-     *
      * @param f1 the file whose content is to be compared.
      * @param f2 the other file whose content is to be compared.
      *
      * @return true if the content of the files is the same.
      *
      * @throws IOException if the files cannot be read.
-     *
-     * @since 1.9
      */
     public boolean contentEquals(File f1, File f2) throws IOException {
+        return contentEquals(f1, f2, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compares the contents of two files.
+     *
+     * @param f1 the file whose content is to be compared.
+     * @param f2 the other file whose content is to be compared.
+     * @param textfile true if the file is to be treated as a text file and
+     *        differences in kind of line break are to be ignored.
+     *
+     * @return true if the content of the files is the same.
+     *
+     * @throws IOException if the files cannot be read.
+     * @since ant 1.7
+     */
+    public boolean contentEquals(File f1, File f2, boolean textfile) throws IOException {
         if (f1.exists() != f2.exists()) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -1005,6 +1015,27 @@ public class FileUtils {
             return true;
         }
 
+        if (textfile) {
+            return textEquals(f1, f2);
+        } else {
+            return binaryEquals(f1, f2);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Binary compares the contents of two files.
+     * <p>
+     * simple but sub-optimal comparision algorithm. written for working
+     * rather than fast. Better would be a block read into buffers followed
+     * by long comparisions apart from the final 1-7 bytes.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param f1 the file whose content is to be compared.
+     * @param f2 the other file whose content is to be compared.
+     * @return true if the content of the files is the same.
+     * @throws IOException if the files cannot be read.
+     */
+    private boolean binaryEquals(File f1, File f2) throws IOException {
         if (f1.length() != f2.length()) {
             // different size =>false
             return false;
@@ -1033,6 +1064,40 @@ public class FileUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Text compares the contents of two files.
+     *
+     * Ignores different kinds of line endings.
+     *
+     * @param f1 the file whose content is to be compared.
+     * @param f2 the other file whose content is to be compared.
+     * @return true if the content of the files is the same.
+     * @throws IOException if the files cannot be read.
+     */
+    private boolean textEquals(File f1, File f2) throws IOException {
+        BufferedReader in1 = null;
+        BufferedReader in2 = null;
+        try {
+            in1 = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f1));
+            in2 = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f2));
+
+            String expected = in1.readLine();
+            while (expected != null) {
+                if (!expected.equals(in2.readLine())) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                expected = in1.readLine();
+            }
+            if (in2.readLine() != null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        } finally {
+            close(in1);
+            close(in2);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * This was originally an emulation of {@link File#getParentFile} for JDK 1.1,
      * but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.7 onwards).
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderTest.java
index adf05e453..90f97715c 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  */
 public class RecorderTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
-    private static final String REC_DIR = "recorder-out";
+    private static final String REC_IN = "recorder/";
+    private static final String REC_DIR = "recorder-out/";
 
     /** Utilities used for file operations */
     private static final FileUtils FILE_UTILS = FileUtils.getFileUtils();
@@ -48,37 +49,37 @@ public class RecorderTest extends BuildFileTest {
     public void testNoAppend() throws IOException {
         executeTarget("noappend");
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS
-                   .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_DIR 
+                   .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_IN
                                                       + "rectest1.result"),
-                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR 
-                                                      + "rectest1.log")));
+                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR
+                                                      + "rectest1.log"), true));
     }
 
     public void testAppend() throws IOException {
         executeTarget("append");
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS
-                   .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_DIR 
+                   .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_IN
                                                       + "rectest2.result"),
-                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR 
-                                                      + "rectest2.log")));
+                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR
+                                                      + "rectest2.log"), true));
     }
 
     public void testRestart() throws IOException {
         executeTarget("restart");
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS
-                   .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_DIR 
+                   .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_IN
                                                       + "rectest3.result"),
-                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR 
-                                                      + "rectest3.log")));
+                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR
+                                                      + "rectest3.log"), true));
     }
 
     public void testDeleteRestart() throws IOException {
         executeTarget("deleterestart");
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS
-                   .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_DIR 
+                   .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_IN
                                                       + "rectest4.result"),
-                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR 
-                                                      + "rectest4.log")));
+                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR
+                                                      + "rectest4.log"), true));
     }
 
 }