Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 18:04:13 +0100 From: "Siegbert Baude" <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de> To: "Ryan Thompson" <ryan@sasknow.com>, "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: "David Loszewski" <stealth215@mediaone.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ^M on end of lines Message-ID: <015c01c16552$bd70e260$4011a8c0@wohnheim.uniulm.de> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111031148300.93546-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
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> Actually, what ASCII mode is supposed to do, is, when transferring text > files, convert to the platform specific text format. (Which really means > the receiver strips or adds the ^M). This instruction is actually in our > training manual for new employees developing code on Windows machines who > need to transfer via FTP. USE ASCII MODE FOR ASCII FILES. :-) As Real Programmers(tm) know all ASCII codes OR EBCDIC, you see that ftp text mode must do more than only strip or attach ^m. Translation to non-ASCII encodings like EBCDIC are also in the game. Ciao Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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