Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 16:25:06 -0600 (CST) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: Studded@dal.net Cc: hoek@hwcn.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/6039 Message-ID: <199803182225.QAA07300@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <350F5000.25547584@dal.net> (message from Studded on Tue, 17 Mar 1998 20:39:28 -0800) References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980317232235.28868A-100000@james.hwcn.org> <350F5000.25547584@dal.net>
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>> Why is it that so many people transfer it in ascii mode? > A lot of people use weird ftp clients, netscape, or something else that > transfers in ascii by default. It would be nice if the thing gave a > shiny warning with a hint to the correct procedure. At work, I frequently transfer .zip files with Netscape with no corruption. Most people using 'weird' ftp clients (ncftp, et al) probably know ftp well enough. What are people using that still transfers in ascii mode default? -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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