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Re: ftp client corrupts binary files with ^m ??
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: ftp client corrupts binary files with ^m ??
- From: "Kevin F. Quinn" <kevq-ml at banana dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 09:00:20 +0100
- CC: Guido Roeskens <groeskens at bluewin dot ch>
Guido Roeskens [groeskens@bluewin.ch] wrote:
> You have to change the transfer type to binary mode: Simply type
> "bin" as an abbreviation for "binary". You can check the transfer
> type set with "type" or with "status".
The ftp.exe I have (from Sergey's "remote" package, I think) assumes
binary mounts, and fails on transfer of binary files to text!=binary
mounts in this way, even if type "binary" has been specified.
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Kevin F. Quinn
Web: http://www.banana.demon.co.uk/
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