Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 13:42:38 -0400 From: "John Bolster" <j.bol@gte.net> To: "Linh Pham" <lplist@closedsrc.org> Cc: "Freebsd-Questions@Freebsd. Org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: ftp file corruption Message-ID: <NEBBKLANMLAKACFKNODOGEJKDMAA.j.bol@gte.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104231025050.61017-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
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Thank you, but these clients are already using Binary mode. John Bolster > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Linh Pham > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 1:28 PM > To: John Bolster > Cc: Freebsd-Questions@Freebsd. Org > Subject: Re: ftp file corruption > > > On 2001-04-23, John Bolster scribbled: > > # I am running FBSD 4.1 release with ftpd. Transferring small files was no > # problem, but I have found repeatedly that once a file gets larger, if I > # upload it to the server then download it from the server, what > I get back is > # the right file size, but corrupted. By corrupted, I mean that > some of the > # pictures in a large Word document will have gone black, or the > install files > # for a program will claim to have a crc error. > > Make sure that you transfer a file in binary mode, not in ASCII mode > (since Word documents, Zip files and almost any other file format except > for plain text files, including HTML, XML, .txt, are binary files). > > If you are doing this through a Windows based FTP client, there should > be an option in the Preferences dialog or the connection dialog to set > the transfer mode to Binary. > > If you are using the command line version of FTP under Windows, type in > `bin' right after you log in to switch to Binary transfer mode. > > -- > Linh Pham > [lplist@closedsrc.org] > > // 404b - Brain not found > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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