From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 6 14:35:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA09652 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:35:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA09616 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:34:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id ao17850; 6 Jun 96 19:58 +0100 Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa22006; 6 Jun 96 18:00 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id OAA00221; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:43:26 GMT Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:43:26 GMT Message-Id: <199606061443.OAA00221@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <9606051730.AA09928@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> (message from Garrett Wollman on Wed, 5 Jun 1996 13:30:38 -0400) Subject: Re: Stupid ftpd question Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> Using binary mode to transfer files. > >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > Which ftp client were you using? The FreeBSD one defaults to binary > > mode, practically every other one I've used defaults to ASCII. > > Any recent (since 4.3-Reno) Berkeley FTP client will query the remote > host for its system type, and set the transfer mode accordingly. FTP > servers since a similar vintage respond thusly: > > 215 UNIX Type: L8 Version: BSD-199506 > > The client is actually looking for `UNIX', which is why it doesn't say > `FreeBSD' there. True, but my point was that you can't rely on clients doing this. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland | http://freefall.freebsd.org/~jraynard/ james@jraynard.demon.co.uk | jraynard@freebsd.org