On Wed, 03 Apr 2002 22:21:35 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > On Wed, 03 Apr 2002 21:40:38 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> FWIW, >> All files in /oldbuild and /changes/glennmcc >> were uploaded while in Binary mode. >> So.... D/L them in Binary mode to be sure that no CRs get added. > It would have been MY guess that binary is perfect, but crap, this > is horribly impractical. When I download a file, I want to get what > is up there, and I would presume EVERYONE will just "select" the file > and download it - and expect to get the right stuff. > If YOU surf a site and want to pick up a .BAT, would you expect it to > run when you got it ? The difference is.... we're not "surfing". <g> We're using an FTP client. > I guess we will have to select the proper modes for each file, or trust > the FTP client to make the correct decisions. > Of course it won't know what an .AH is or a .htp... > Experiment time. <G> We have 4 possible combinations. PUT/GET BPUT/GET PUT/BGET BPUT/BGET Original file size was 1807 bytes. 1,808 4-03-02 10:23p e:\!put-get\putget\arachne.bat 1,867 4-03-02 9:14p e:\!put-get\bputget\arachne.bat 1,748 4-03-02 9:37p e:\!put-get\putbget\arachne.bat 1,807 4-03-02 9:08p e:\!put-get\bputbget\arachne.bat total files 4 total bytes 7,230 disk free space 210,214,912 And the winner is..... BPUT/BGET Experimentation done. <VBG> -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.zorg.org/unixhumour/
