Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 23:15:35 -0600 (CST) From: David <dvo264@airmail.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Adam Simpson <adam2@apollo.netsonic.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ascii conversion to binary Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128231356.456A-100000@stumbleinn.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19980129113942.08200@lemis.com>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > 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 > > 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. I'll let you reset all my HTML codes in the web pages after I transfer then in Binary. I'm getting tired of doing it after forgeting to type ascii at the prompt. Dave
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