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From: "Siegbert Baude" <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: ^M on end of lines
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 18:04:13 +0100
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> Actually, what ASCII mode is supposed to do, is, when transferring
text
> files, convert to the platform specific text format. (Which really
means
> the receiver strips or adds the ^M). This instruction is actually in
our
> training manual for new employees developing code on Windows machines
who
> need to transfer via FTP. USE ASCII MODE FOR ASCII FILES. :-)

As Real Programmers(tm) know all ASCII codes OR EBCDIC, you see that ftp
text mode must do more than only strip or attach ^m. Translation to
non-ASCII encodings like EBCDIC are also in the game.

Ciao
Siegbert


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