On 9 Jul 2000, at 18:33, L.D. Best wrote:
> On ftp I
> have the choice of get/bget but I don't have the choice of changing a
> text file to binary by telling the ftp server to *get* the text file in
> binary form. I know that's a fact, because I just tested it. I used
> bget vol1iss3.txt and the operation switched over to binary mode for the
> entire download, then back to A. But the file is still text/plain
> anyway. <G>
I never knew the reason for separate ascii/binary transfers, until I
tried to upload a perl script to my homepage. It kept returning
"Internal Server Error". Turned out it doesn't like the DOS-format
text files, and needs unix-style. Now I've got heaps of scripts. :-)
Here's a popular one: http://arachne.virtualave.net/chat.pl
Before this, I transfered everything binary. Now I transfer most
things ascii. ascii transfers change the EOL characters for the
system you are using, no matter what is on each end (DOS or unix
or Mac).
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Ben Hood, Arachne Fan Club Webmaster
http://arachne.virtualave.net
