From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 18 14:28:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA08349 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:28:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wcc.wcc.net (wcc.wcc.net [208.6.232.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA08286 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:28:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from piquan@wcc.wcc.net) Received: from detlev.UUCP (tnt142.wcc.net [208.10.139.142]) by wcc.wcc.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA16440; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 16:23:57 -0600 (CST) Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA07300; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 16:25:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from joelh) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 16:25:06 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199803182225.QAA07300@detlev.UUCP> To: Studded@dal.net CC: hoek@hwcn.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <350F5000.25547584@dal.net> (message from Studded on Tue, 17 Mar 1998 20:39:28 -0800) Subject: Re: bin/6039 From: Joel Ray Holveck Reply-to: joelh@gnu.org References: <350F5000.25547584@dal.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> 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