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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:39:42 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Adam Simpson <adam2@apollo.netsonic.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ascii conversion to binary
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On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 01:59:44PM -0600, Adam Simpson wrote:
> If a file is transferred in ascii mode, is there a way to convert it back
> to binary??

As others have said, no.

There is *never* a reason to transfer files in ASCII.  Always choose
binary.

Greg