> If I include a link on my site to a file that sits on the server(e.g. > *.mp3), the viewer will get the "Save as.." box and can coninue with the > download. My question is: what is the defoult transfer mode for the above > described action? ASCII or binary? Is it dependend on the browser?
I don't exactly know the answer to your question, but it sounds like you're a little unclear on the concept... Files are files, just strings of bits (0 or 1), grouped into bunches of 8 called bytes. Binary transfers transfer the file as it is; the target file is identical to the source file. ASCII transfers came into being when people wanted to transfer plain text files between different platforms, i.e. unix to DOS, or Mac to unix. Every platform somehow ended up with different character line-endings (unix-10, mac-13, DOS-10+13). If you do a binary transfer of a plain text file from unix to mac and open up the file, the mac won't recognize the end-of-line characters and the file will look like one big long line. ASCII transfers translate the line endings for you, based on which platforms are involved. HTH. - B -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
