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Date:      Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:54:29 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        David <dvo264@airmail.net>
Cc:        Adam Simpson <adam2@apollo.netsonic.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ascii conversion to binary
Message-ID:  <19980129155429.18439@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128231356.456A-100000@stumbleinn.dyn.ml.org>; from David on Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 11:15:35PM -0600
References:  <19980129113942.08200@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128231356.456A-100000@stumbleinn.dyn.ml.org>

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On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 11:15:35PM -0600, David wrote:
> 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.

Please explain.  Binary doesn't change anything.

Greg



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