I don't believe that is the problem. I thought just as you do that transferring ASCII data in BINARY mode should work because the ASCII character range is within the binary range, and when I used windows ftp command to send an ASCII file in BIN mode I was able to download the same file in BIN mode and then open it, but that does not work for my automated FTP code. Basically, I would end up with a file that was the correct size, i.e. the file on the FTP server matched that of the file I sent but when I opened the file in a text editor it was essentially empty. If I opened the file in a BINARY aware editor like EditPlus it would open in BINARY data view and the file was basically full of spaces. What causes the problem is a bit of a mystery, but I was able to find some hints online about how to write code to make a best guess as to a files contents and then set the transfer mode that way. Also, if the Commons FTP library has an AUTO mode you can try using that so it will transfer the file in the correct mode. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Cummings IT/Systems Development Child Support Division Texas Office of the Attorney General Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (512) 460-6421 Fax: (512) 460-6800 -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Anil Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/24/2006 10:09 AM >>> Is it because of the cr-lf problem between DOS-Unix? For example, if I send across the jpg in a html file, and it was set as ascii, will it not display properly? I know for certain that audio files were not playing properly because I did not realize I had to setFileType to binary. - Anil --- Kevin Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've not tried this with Commons FTP but I can tell > you from experience > with other FTP packages that this is not a good > idea. You'll basically > end up with files that have the right size but are > unreadable in a text > editor. > > You're better off setting the indicator based on > what you know about > the file. > > Good Luck! > .:. Kevin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kevin Cummings > IT/Systems Development > Child Support Division > Texas Office of the Attorney General > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: (512) 460-6421 > Fax: (512) 460-6800 > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> Anil Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/24/2006 > 9:58 AM >>> > > Hello, > I need to send across both text and audio files from > Windows desktop to Linux server. > Instead of keeping track of which is binary and > which > is ascii and setting the flag each time, can I > simply > set FTPClient.setFileType(FTP.BINARY_FILE_TYPE)? > thanks, > Anil > > for good news go to > http://members.tripod.com/~goodnewsforyou/goodnews.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
