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Date:      Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:09:42 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
To:        David <dvo264@airmail.net>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Adam Simpson <adam2@apollo.netsonic.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ascii conversion to binary
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129080841.9772B-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128231356.456A-100000@stumbleinn.dyn.ml.org>

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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, David wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:
> 
> > There is *never* a reason to transfer files in ASCII.  Always choose
> > binary.
> 
> I'll let you reset all my HTML codes in the web pages after I transfer
> then in Binary. I'm getting tired of doing it after forgeting to type
> ascii at the prompt.

Odd, what platforms are you transfering between? I transfer HTML between
Win95 and FreeBSD all the time in binary mode, and never see a problem.




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