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Date:      Thu, 3 Jul 2003 04:56:49 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        DanB <longterm@chatusa.com>
Cc:        freebsd <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ftp 4.8iso 265k transfer to windows 98 box
Message-ID:  <20030703045207.I49181@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F03A564.D2991BF9@chatusa.com>
References:  <3F03A564.D2991BF9@chatusa.com>

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On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, DanB wrote:

> I am ftping 4.8iso to a windows 98 box with ftppro then transferring the
> file to a xp box with a cd writer.
> Is there any down falls to this? I notice that Freebsd file size is 265k
> the download size is 271k on the Windows 98 box is somthing being added
> to the transfer?

Possibly; as Joshua mentioned, FTP clients may try to translate line
feeds to CRLF if they think it's a text file.

However, more likely IME is that Windows is just calculating the number
slightly differently.  265 * 1024 = 271360, which might be called 271 by
a program using even thousands instead of 1024.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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