Blout 2.0

Removes extra blank lines from a file, collapsing multiple
blank lines down to one. It also ensures the file has a
final CrLf.

Blout in not that bright.  It does not understand wildcards
or multiple files on the command line, except those expanded
by the OS.

usage:

blout.exe  somefile.txt

For Windows, C source included.

copyright (c) 1993-2008 by Roedy Green of Canadian Mind
Products, http://mindprod.com. May be freely distributed and
used for any purpose but military.

Version History
Version 1.0 1993-11-09 - Roedy Green in Microsoft Visual C 8
Version 1.1 1996-11-08 - extra "good" extensions
version 1.2 1997-03-10 - extra "good" extensions HTM, INI, SQL
version 1.3 2003-05-09 - extra "good" extensions CSV
version 1.4 2004-05-20 - converted to Win32 app.
                         new ensures file has terminating \n.
version 1.5 2004-06-01 - handles *.html files
                         avoid close of unopen files.
version 1.6 2005-07-23 - add more good and bad extensions
version 1.7 2007-07-23 - add xsd, xsdfrag, dtd, dtdfrag extensions
version 1.8 2008-01-02 - convert to POSIX and safe char handling library.
version 1.9 2008-01-03 - fix time file placement, display banner on all errors
version 2.0 2008-01-05 - add *.pml as a good extension.