Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 20:15:53 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: David Loszewski <stealth215@mediaone.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: zips and tars | ASCII or Binary? Message-ID: <20011117201553.A4874@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <01111720245100.00905@i8k.babbleon.org>; from bts@babbleon.org on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 08:24:51PM -0500 References: <000501c16fb2$b3607730$3000b1d8@sickness> <01111720245100.00905@i8k.babbleon.org>
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--zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 08:24:51PM -0500, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote: > tars should effectively always binary, though they aren't realy valid fro= m=20 > another O/S; if you got something perverse like a .tar file from a Window= s=20 > machine there's no proper way to transfer it . . . What do you mean by this last statement? .tar is a standardized archive format. "Binary" only means "contains 8-bit characters". Kris --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE79zX5Wry0BWjoQKURAv9LAJ9zPpsc/Ar3GlTaBHjjpYmL/ViumwCdFCr9 gsI8VSiauxeIKwYCTvQ9uL8= =Cm7L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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