Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:43:26 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid ftpd question Message-ID: <199606061443.OAA00221@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <9606051730.AA09928@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> (message from Garrett Wollman on Wed, 5 Jun 1996 13:30:38 -0400)
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> >> 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
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