On 5 Jul 2003, Gisle Aas wrote:
>>LWP::Simple is able to get ftp:// URLs. But the pod documentation
>>doesn't say whether it uses binary or ASCII transfer mode.
>It is documented in the LWP manpage (the first reference in the SEE
>ALSO section of LWP::Simple).
I did check the LWP manual page, but...
>In the "FTP Requests" sections it says:
>
> The library supports ftp ASCII transfer mode by specifying the "type=a"
> parameter in the URL.
Yes, but if you give a plain ftp:// URL without type=, what mode is
used?
Hmm I suppose it's implicit in the above that if type=a is not given
then ASCII transfer mode will not be used - and if you assume that the
library is not defaulting to EBCDIC or bytes transfer, it must
therefore be using binary. It could be a bit more explicit:
The library defaults to binary transfer mode for ftp, but uses
ASCII mode if the "type=a" parameter is in the URL.
I just grepped for 'binary' in the LWP docs, which explains why I
didn't find anything :-P.
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Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
