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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